Kim Jong-un declared North Korea’s supreme military commander
December 31st, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANSMoscow, Dec 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Kim Jong-un, the son of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, has been officially declared the supreme commander of the armed forces, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported Saturday.
The political bureau of the central committee of the Workers’ Party “courteously proclaimed that the dear respected Kim Jong-un, vice-chairman of the central military commission of the WPK, assumed the supreme commandership of the Korean People’s Army”, Pyongyang’s official news agency KCNA said.
North Korea has just ended a period of mourning for Kim Jong-il, who had ruled the country since 1994. He died Dec 17 following a heart attack.
His youngest son, Kim Jong-un, has since been named “supreme leader of the party, state and army”.
Little is known about Kim Jong-un, except that he is in his late twenties and has had some schooling in Switzerland.
North Korea has said the international community should not expect any change in its policies after Kim Jong-il’s death.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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