A Year After Big Debut, ‘Illustrious’ Son Of North Korean Leader Cements Status As Successor -- Washington Post/AP
PYONGYANG, North Korea — The Illustrious General has had a busy year.
Since making his international debut a year ago Monday, Kim Jong Un has been serving as military strategist, political statesman and trusted deputy to his father, leader Kim Jong Il.
The newly minted four-star general, believed in his late 20s, is widely credited at home with orchestrating a deadly artillery attack on a front-line South Korean island that nearly brought the foes to the brink of another war. He appears regularly with his father at marquee events and accompanies him on inspection trips to farms and factories — visits now commemorated with plaques bearing his name.
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My Comment: You can tell the North Koreans are working hard to propel Kim Jong Un to "cult status" when they start threatening war to those who may question this "cult status". But a four-star general ... shesshhhh.