As Mourning Period End, Kim Jong-un Declared North Korea’s ‘Supreme Leader’

North Koreans gather during a memorial for late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang, in this KCNA picture released December 29, 2011. North Korea's military staged a huge funeral procession on Wednesday in the snowy streets of the capital Pyongyang for its deceased "dear leader," Kim Jong-il, readying a transition to his son, Kim Jong-un. Reuters/KCNA

Kim Jong-un Declared North Korea’s ‘Supreme Leader’ As Mourning Period End -- National Post/AFP

SEOUL — North Korea Thursday staged a massive memorial service for Kim Jong-il to end almost two weeks of official mourning, and formally declared his untested young son Jong-un as the new supreme leader.

Addressing tens of thousands of troops and civilians packing a wintry Pyongyang square, ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam praised the late leader for contributing to “global peace and stability of the 21st century.”

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