Death no barrier to Kim Jong Il promotion

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been appointed to what appears to be a top post in the ruling Workers’ Party while his late father was declared its “eternal” general secretary.

Death no barrier to Kim Jong Il promotion

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been appointed to what appears to be a top post in the ruling Workers’ Party while his late father was declared its “eternal” general secretary.

The state-run news agency reported the first details from the secretive party proceedings in Pyongyang.

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