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A North Korean flag is seen atop a 160-meter (533-foot) tower near houses in the propaganda village of Gijungdong near the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. The ascension of Kim Jong Il's little-known, 20-something son to a prominent ruling party post put him well on the path Wednesday to succeed the supreme leader at the helm of nuclear-armed North Korea and carry the family dynasty into a third generation. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)