I just talked to my buddy from South Korea today. He said his father (who lives in Seoul) went out and bought a bunch of toilet paper and water today.
I asked my friend for his South Korean perspective on the new guy (Kim Jong-un). He said that Kim Jong-un wasn't groomed up enough to transfer a legacy over, like Kim Jong-il was, and that they didn't think he was calling the shots. I asked him what he meant.
I didn't get much time to listen, but among many things, he said that Kim-Il Sung had many projects done (sometimes overnight, so at to make the completion of the projects appear somewhat messianic) in the name of Kim Jong-il; such as covering or building a bridge, or erecting a small dam, etc., so that many North Koreans were made to believe that only Kim Jong-il could do these wonderful things, and so the transfer from Kim-Il Sung to Kim Jong-il was easier than what he thinks the current transfer will be like.
He also alluded to Kim Jong-un perhaps being half Japanese, which he says might be a problem, too.