In South Korea, the remarkable Park Guen-hye’s bid to become her country’s first woman president may provide an excuse – as if any were needed – for North Korean mischief-making. The regime in Pyongyang is seeking to ensure that power passes to a third generation of Kims, represented by the pudgy and well-fed “Dear Young General,” Kim Jong-un, and appears to believe that provocations such as its bombardment of a South Korean island earlier this year are the way to secure the succession.
在韩国，朴槿惠作为第一位女性总统竞选人或许会为朝鲜的恶作剧提供一个借口——如果需要借口的话。当前，平壤政府正竭力确保政权能顺利移交给金氏家族的第三代——以那位脑满肠肥，被称为“敬爱的年轻将军”的金正银为核心的一代。朝鲜方面似乎认为挑衅示威就是确保权力顺利交接的最有效办法，就像今年早些时候他们对韩国某小岛的狂轰滥炸那样。