Kim Jong-il snubs Jimmy Carter to seek China ties, son's accession - CSMonitor.com

Kim Jong-il snubs Jimmy Carter to seek China ties, son's accession - CSMonitor.com: "“I expect that China will guarantee its support for the power handoff in return for the North agreeing to return to denuclearization talks, on genuine terms, and refrain from provocative behavior,' Yoo Ho-yeol, a North Korea expert at Seoul’s Korea University, told The Korea Times."