Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son, was passed over for succession after he tried to sneak into Japan with a faked passport.  Now it appears, according to a source who recently defected from the North, that the youngest son, Kim Jong Un, is also out of contention for the top leadership post of North Korea.  It is currently held by an ailing Kim Jong Il whom many watchers speculate may pass on sooner rather than later.

That leaves the middle son, Kim Jong Chol, 29, who is currently in training for succession.  As the HuffPost reports: 

Wednesday’s report contrasts with widespread media speculation that leader Kim considers the middle son too “girlish” to become leader, and is grooming the third and youngest son, Jong Un, 26, as his successor.

Media reports have said the Swiss-educated middle son is suffering from an excess of female hormones.

This gives us entirely new ideas of what “grooming” might mean for the middle son.   

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