North Korea has aired footage showing the uncle of anointed heir Kim Jong-un wearing a military uniform with a general's insignia, in a strong sign he will play a greater role in efforts to secure the young man's rise to power.
New North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and military officer Jang Song-thaek paying their respects in Pyongyang Photo: REUTERS
The Telegraph
10:24AM GMT 25 Dec 2011
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The footage on state television shows Jang Song-thaek paying respects at Kim Jong-il's body as it lies in state at Kumsusan Memorial Palace. It indicates Mr Jang has been appointed to a new military job. Seoul's Unification Ministry says it's the first time Jang has been shown wearing a military uniform on state TV.
South Korean intelligence has predicted Kim Jong-un's aunt Kim Kyong-hui, a key Workers' Party official, and her husband Mr Jang, who is a vice chairman of the powerful National Defence Commission, will play larger roles supporting the heir.
The North is ramping up its campaign to install Kim Jong Un as the nation's next leader as the mourning for his father continued a week after his death.
North Korea is hailing heir Kim Jong-un as "supreme leader" of the 1.2-million strong military.
Kim Jong-un made a third visit Saturday to the palace where his father's body is lying in state - this time as "supreme leader of the revolutionary armed forces" and accompanied by North Korea's top military brass, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
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The new title and public show of support from the military leadership sent a strong signal that the nation will maintain Kim Jong-il's "military first" policy for the time being.
North Korean meanwhile lashed out at its Southern neighbour for a perceived lack of respect towards Kim.
Saying the whole world is in mourning for "a peerlessly great man", the North for the second time in three days blasted the South over its response to Kim's sudden death on December 17.
There would be "unpredictable catastrophic consequences" for cross-border relations unless Seoul eases restrictions on condolence visits by South Koreans to Pyongyang, it said.
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