Pyongyang: Young and untested, Kim Jong-un has all but taken over North Korea's leadership, with state media calling him "supreme commander" and "leader of the state, army and party" well before his late father was due to be borne through the streets of Pyongyang in a state funeral on Wednesday. After the reclusive state emerges from a period of mourning on Thursday, Kim, believed to be about 27 years old and vice chairman of the ruling party's Central Military 
Commission, is expected quickly to take on additional titles to cement his place at the top. "Kim will need the Workers' Party general secretary post and the supreme commander position, which require the party to meet for a full Central Committee meeting," said Yang Moo-jin of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul. "But he does need to be officially appointed new leader so that meeting could come in February or March, before they want to go ahead with declaring the year of the 'strong and prosperous' nation in April," Yang said, referring to a long-proclaimed national goal.'Read Full: Great successor' poised to take over North Korea - Indian Express
