Kim Jong-Un becomes North Korea ruling party chairman

09 May 2016 / 21:05 H.
    Kim Jong-Un becomes North Korea ruling party chairman
    This photo taken on May 8, 2016 and released on May 9 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un reporting works of the North Korean Workers Party Central Committee during the third day of the 7th Workers Party Congress at the 'April 25 Palace' in Pyongyang. — AFP

PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was Monday given a new title – chairman of the Workers' Party – at a rare top-level meeting of the ruling party.
The country's de facto head of state Kim Yong-Nam announced the post as foreign journalists briefly watched proceedings at the party congress – the first for 36 years.
Kim – the third generation of the dynasty that has ruled the country since its founding in 1948 – was previously first secretary of the party.
The appointment will further bolster his authority at a congress seen as a coronation of sorts for the young leader, who came to power in December 2011 after the death of his father Kim Jong-Il.
Kim Jong-Il has been designated eternal party general secretary.
The current leader's grandfather and the country's founding leader, Kim Il-Sung, remains eternal president of the nation despite having died in 1994. — AFP

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