WI: North Korean Triumvirate?

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Banned
Something interesting I recently read:
After being appointed as the successor in 1974, Kim Jong Il sent his brothers and sisters to work at alternative foreign departments so that they could not interfere with his power.

According to elite North Korean officials, there was a time where Kim Il Sung had considered appointing his succession to his three sons, “Jong Il, the Party, Pyong Il, the military and the government to Young Il.” However, after winning a power conflict with his uncle Kim Young Joo, Kim Jong Il ousted his uncle to Jagang province and sent his other siblings including Pyong Il to other departments where they could not come near of his power.
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Source: https://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk03100&num=2040

So assuming this is true, how do you think North Korea would look like if Kim Il Sung's original plan for his sons came true? Any big changes from OTL that you can foresee?
 

LestWeForget

Difficult to say given how little we know of NK's internal workings...maybe a larger power struggle that forces the Chinese to get involved? One of the siblings reaches out to the South Koreans for aid? Just shooting in the dark.
 

Nazi Space Spy

You would see a much weaker North Korean regime in which the military and party act independently of one another. Eventually, somebody will quietly win out and consolidate control as the paramount leader of North Korea.
 

Super_Cool

The side with the guns will win in the end. This essentially means that Pyong Il will be the next leader of North Korea.
 
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