An interesting article in relation to the family political affiliations that extend beyond the original WW2 generation in NK, SK, and Japan. The article also touches upon some of the deep rooted fears NK and China have of Japan being involved in this conflict, as Japan was never significantly defeated on the battlefield in China and Korea from 1932 to 1945.  It was also interesting to note the first Kim being involved in the Chinese communist party- a guerrilla movement that sat back in WW2 and left most of the fighting against the Japanese to the Kuomintang nationalists, which left it significantly weakened for the communists to take over after the war.  A strategy repeated by NK in 1950. They invaded the south well organized and armed, engaged in mass murder in Seoul, and had the SK forces surrounded on land and against the sea.  It was a lightening strike and utterly foiled by the Americans under General MacArthur at the Battle of Inchon.  NK citizenry remains the only victim.