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NKorea’s Kim Jong Un named to new top party post

Last updated Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 9:04am

PYONGYANG, North Korea — Defiant North Korea fueled up a rocket Wednesday in preparation for what now appears to be an imminent liftoff while the country’s young leader strengthened his grip on power with a new title making him the nation’s top political official.

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n this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service on Thursday, Dec. 29, North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un, center, with officials, pays respects to late leader Kim Jong Il, during the funeral at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

North Korea calls Kim Jong Un 'supreme leader'

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Last updated Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 10:53am

PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korea's power brokers publicly declared Kim Jong Un the supreme leader for the first time at Thursday's massive public memorial for his father Kim Jong Il, cementing the family's hold on power for another generation.

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North Korea's next leader, Kim Jong Un, front center, salutes beside the hearse carrying the body of his late father and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during the funeral procession in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011. Behind Kim Jong Un, in order are Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong Il's brother-in-law and vice chairman of the National Defense Commission. At far right is Ri Yong Ho, the Vice Marshal of the Korean People’s Army. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

NKoreans salute, cry for late leader Kim Jong Il

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Last updated Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 10:36am

PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korea's next leader escorted his father's hearse in an elaborate state funeral on a bitter, snowy day Wednesday, bowing and saluting in front of tens of thousands of citizens who wailed and stamped their feet in grief for Kim Jong Il.

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The body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is laid in a memorial palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Kim Jong Il body displayed behind glass, flowers

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Last updated Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 10:37am

PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korea displayed the body of ruler Kim Jong Il in a glass coffin surrounded by red flowers Tuesday, and his young heir was one of the first to pay respects -- a strong indication that a smooth leadership transition was under way.

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