North Korea said that it would place the body of Kim Jong-il on permanent display in a Pyongyang mausoleum and install his statues, portraits and memorial towers across the country.

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North Korea to Display Dead Leader’s Body

North Korea’s state-run television called its young untested leader, Kim Jong-un, a “military genius” and showed him inspecting military hardware.

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North Korea Tries to Build the Image of Kim Jong-un, Its New Leader

TOKYO — Kim Jong Eun, according to propaganda described in a recent Chinese magazine article , learned to drive at age 3. By 8, he could safely maneuver dirt roads at 75 mph. As a teenager, he mastered four foreign languages. He is now learning three more. The emerging biography of North Korea’s new leader, considered fictitious in nearly every country but his own, portrays him as the ultimate quick study, a poet and a marksman, an economics whiz and a military strategist. Read full article > >

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For Kim Jong Eun, a choreographed rise

BEIJING — In the days after Kim Jong Il’s death, China’s most powerful leaders hurried to the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, where they fanned across the embassy’s parquet floor and bowed three times to Kim’s portrait. One Chinese state councilor was “hardly” able to keep back tears , North Korea’s state-run news agency later said. Read full article > >

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Amid N. Korea succession, China makes push for stability

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea announced Saturday that Kim Jong Eun has been officially named supreme commander of the military, further strengthening his authority after the death of his father, longtime North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Officials and state media have bestowed on Kim Jong Eun, who is in his late 20s, a string of titles as North Korea’s elite rally around him in the wake of his father’s death this month after 17 years in power. Read full article > >

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North Korea officially names Kim Jong Eun supreme commander of its 1.2 million-strong military

The new leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, is formally named supreme commander of the country’s army, state media say, days after his father’s funeral.

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Kim Jong-un named army commander

North Korea announced on Friday that under its new leader, Kim Jong-un, it would remain hostile to President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea.

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North Korea Vows No Engagement With South’s President

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea’s power brokers publicly declared Kim Jong Un the country’s supreme leader for the first time at a massive public memorial Thursday for his father, cementing the family’s hold on power for another generation. A somber Kim, dubbed the Great Successor, attended the memorial as he stood with his head bowed at the Grand People’s Study House, overlooking Kim Il Sung Square, named for his grandfather who founded modern North Korea. Read full article > >

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Kim Jong Un declared ‘supreme leader’ of NKorea at father’s memorial in mass show of support

North Korea hails Kim Jong-un as “supreme leader of the party, state and army”, a day after the elaborate funeral of his father, Kim Jong-il, in Pyongyang.

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N Korea hails Kim’s son as leader

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Pyongyang one day after the funeral of Kim Jong-il to swear their allegiance to his son in a dynastic transfer of power.

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North Korea Declares Kim Jong-un as Supreme Leader

North Korea begins two days of funeral services for late leader Kim Jong-il with a huge procession in Pyongyang led by successor Kim Jong-un.

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VIDEO: North Korea holds funeral for Kim

In televised images, Kim Jong-un, the successor to North Korea’s throne, was seen walking along his father’s hearse in a funeral procession watched closely for clues about the future of the regime in Pyongyang.

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For Kim Jong-il’s Funeral in North Korea, Mourners Line Pyongyang’s Streets

North Korea’s next leader is leading a funeral procession for his father Kim Jong-il through Pyongyang’s snow-covered streets.

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North Korean Heir Leads Funeral of Kim Jong-il

North Korea is to begin two days of funeral services for its late leader Kim Jong-il, with hundreds of thousands expected to attend in Pyongyang.

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VIDEO: ‘Supernatural’ theme to Kim reports

North Korea is to begin two days of funeral services for its late leader Kim Jong-il, with hundreds of thousands expected to attend in Pyongyang.

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North Korea to hold Kim funeral