South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In-taek said Friday that Pyongyang is currently focusing on justifying its father-to-son plans for succession.

Hyun said at a parliamentary audit Friday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s third son, Kim Jong-un, appears to be on track to inherit the leadership of the Stalinist nation, given the promotions that were given to him during a convention of the ruling Workers' Party and his appearance at a drill conducted by the Korean People’s Army to mark the 65th anniversary of the foundation of the party.

The minister said that South Korea needs to keep a watch on changes in the North and Pyongyang’s commitment to inter-Korean talks, peace on the Korean Peninsula, the development of inter-Korean relations, and the dismantlement of nuclear technologies.

The minister added said that South Korea put a halt to inter-Korean collaboration in the information technology sector in May after Seoul stopped inter-Korean exchanges in retaliation for the sinking of the South Korean warship the “Cheonan.”