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"I don't have any information on the launching. But if you ask me how I feel about it, I could tell you that I am keenly observing the reaction of the international community on the launching," he said in English, according to Japan's TBS television.
He also denied he would succeed his father.
"Would I be traveling in Macau dressed like this if I was the successor? I am just one of his sons," said Kim who was dressed in exercise clothes.
"I am free. So I think, if I was the successor, you can't see me in Macau," Kim said. "My father is an important person, but I am not."
Jong-Nam had been widely seen as competing with his two younger half-brothers, Jong-Chol and Jong-Un, for the country's top job.
Jong-Un reportedly ran in parliamentary elections in March, but did not appear at the session of the Supreme People's Assembly on April 9. Among Kim Jong-Il's three sons, none is officially known to hold a parliamentary post.
Some analysts say Jong-Nam still has a chance of succeeding his father because the first son is generally favored in North Korea, where Confucian traditions that honor seniority still hold sway.
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