North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-un salutes as he and his uncle accompany the hearse carrying his father [Reuters]
North Korea has announced the appointment of Kim Jong-un, the anointed successor and youngest son of Kim Jong-il, as supreme commander of its 1.2 million-strong military, two days after official mourning for the late leader ended.
The North’s state news agency KCNA said on Saturday the official appointment was made at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party on Friday.
KCNA said the Political Bureau members “courteously proclaimed the dear comrade Kim Jong-un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, assumed the supreme commandership of the Korean People’s Army”, according to a will made by Kim Jong-il on October
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