North Korea Calls Kim Jong Un 'supreme Leader'

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PYONGYANG, [color=#366388]North Korea[/color] (AP) — North Korea's power brokers publicly declared [color=#366388]Kim Jong Un[/color] 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.[/font][/color]
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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 [color=#366388]Kim Il Sung Square[/color], named for his grandfather who founded modern North Korea.[/font][/color]
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A sea of humanity, including smartly dressed troops and civilians, gathered below him for the memorial that doubled as a show of support for his burgeoning role as leader.[/font][/color]
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The unequivocal public backing for Kim Jong Un provides a strong signal that government and military officials have unified around him in the wake of his father and long time ruler [color=#366388]Kim Jong Il[/color]'s death Dec. 17.[/font][/color]
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"Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un is our party, military and country's supreme leader who inherits great comrade Kim Jong Il's ideology, leadership, character, virtues, grit and courage," Kim Yong Nam, considered No[/font][/color]