Pyongyang, August 6 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is planning reforms similar to that of China's, the late supreme leader Kim Jong Il's Sushi chef has said.
Kenji Fujimoto said that Kim might reform North Korea on the lines of China's system of Market Socialism.
"When I go to Europe or Japan, I see overflowing products and food, but when I return to the North, there is nothing," he quoted Kim Jong-un as saying. "Do we need to study China's policies?"
The claims came as Kim set off for Vietnam for a three-day visit to boost ties between the two countries, The Telegraph reports.
Analysts have said that Fujimoto`s meeting is another sign that the younger Kim wants to distance himself from the regime of his father and grandfather Kim Il-sung, who founded the Stalinist state.
"Judging by what Kim Jong-un has done in the last month or so he is not merely distancing himself from his father's regime, but is doing so with remarkable boldness and speed," Andrei Lankov, who studied in Pyongyang and now teaches at South Korea`s Kookmin University, said.
Fujimoto, who was invited to North Korea by Jong-un, said North Korea is really being run by Kim Jong-un's aunt Kim Kyong-hui and his uncle Jang Song-taek.
"Although Kim Jong-un was chosen as the successor, only one out of every 10 policies he presents will probably be implemented," he said. (ANI)
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