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BEIJING — The casino-loving eldest son of North Korea’s Kim Jong Il – once tipped to succeed him before trying to sneak into Japan to go to Disneyland – says he opposes a hereditary transfer of power to his youngest half-brother. The chubby 39-year-old Kim Jong Nam, who was in the running to take over secretive North Korea, is the closest thing the country has to a playboy. Kim travels freely and spends much of his time in Macau – the center of Asian gambling with its Las Vegas-style casinos.