Immediately after the death of Kim Jong Il, The Telegraph has run a short list of things we never knew about Kim Jong Un, the 'Great Successor'. We now have the world's first Communist dynasty which begs the question; is it still Communist or Stalinist? 

Naturally some people have made light of Kim's 'style' and compared him to other eccentric dictators such as Muammar Gadaffi.

The biggest worry to the Western countries is the potential nuclear threat. could the new leader decide to press the button? Or perhaps that is news speculation. North Korea's nuclear capability is real, though.

FInally, an article from the Asia Times suggests that we should not misunderstand Kim Jong il, what he stood for. Sohn Kwang-joo, author of The Anatomy of Kim Jong-il, rejects the idea of regarding North Korea as a "state," despite the fact that it is a member of the United Nations. "Today's North Korea is not a 'state', but is more similar to a 'mafia group' run by the boss, Kim Jong-il, he writes. He suggests that only when the world knows Kim Jong Il thoroughly can it then find an effective way of dealing with him. Now that he is dead, does the same apply to Kim Jong Un?