Immediately after the stroke that killed his father at an exclusive summer resort villa on a remote mountain, Kim Jong-il consolidated political power by concentrating it in the hands of a very few diehard loyalists – and jailing, torturing, and killing anyone he viewed as a political opponent.
Inmediatamente después del derrame cerebral que mató a su padre en una lujosa quinta de una estación balnearia en una montaña remota, Kim Jong-il consolidó el poder político concentrándolo en las manos de unos pocos leales intransigentes y encarcelando, torturando y asesinando a quien considerara un oponente político.