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Kim Jong Un given new title amid broader North Korean political shake-up

DPRK leader described as "supreme representative of all the Korean people" in Friday's Rodong Sinmun

DPRK leader Kim Jong Un was in the Friday morning edition of party daily the Rodong Sinmun described as “supreme representative of all the Korean people,” in what represents a new title amid a broader reshuffle in the country’s top leadership.

The comments reportedly came at Thursday’s session of the country’s rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) — its first meeting since elections in March.

During Kim Jong Un’s reelection as chairman of the country’s State Affairs Commission (SAC), state media reported, top official Choe Ryong Hae used the new phrase to describe the DPRK leader.

Choe, state media reported, proposed