North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-un visits army unit

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It was the second reported visit by Kim, the youngest son of late leader Kim Jong-il, to a military unit this month and the latest attempt to help the inexperienced leader tighten his grip on power.Jong-un toured the base as his ‘father would do’, said KCNA, without disclosing the location or date of the visit.Army top brass including Ri Yong-Ho, the chief of the military’s general staff, accompanied him. The unit was previously visited by Kim Jong-il and his father, founding president Kim Il-sung.Jong-un, believed to be in his late 20s, was proclaimed supreme leader and appointed commander of the 1.2-million-strong…(The Telegraph)
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