Little known about likely successor

NORTH Korea’s likely successor Kim Jong Un has swiftly risen to power since being made a four-star general a year ago, but he is more of an enigma than his late father was during 17 years of absolute power.

Within hours of news breaking of leader Kim Jong Il’s death over the weekend, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency was reporting that the country, people and military “must faithfully revere respectable comrade Kim Jong Un.”

The agency also referred to Jong Un as a “great successor” of the North’s philosophy of self reliance and a “distinguished leader of the military and people.”