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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been given the title of marshal, state media has announced.
The move followed a high-level military reshuffle in which army chief Ri Yong-ho was removed ''due to illness'' and a little-known general promoted.
Marshal is the highest military rank and would cement Mr Kim's control over the army, reports say.
Kim Jong-un inherited the leadership of North Korea from his father, Kim Jong-il, who died in December 2011.
The title of marshal was previously held by the late Mr Kim, who received a posthumous promotion to the rank of generalissimo in February, when the country marked his 70th birthday.
''A decision was made to award the title of Marshal of the DPRK [North Korea] to Kim Jong-un, supreme commander of the Korean People's Army,'' the KCNA statement said.
The decision was jointly made by the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, the National Defence Commission of the DPRK [North Korea] and the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK [North Korea], the statement said.
This latest promotion is another sign that Kim Jong-un is planning to rule North Korea through the army, just as his father did - and that he is tightening his grip on the levers of power, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul.
Power 'reconstitution'
Ri Yong-ho, 69, who was a vice-marshal, was also vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission and held top posts in the ruling Workers' Party.
His removal took many North Korea observers by surprise, with widespread scepticism at the official explanation.
He was seen as a key figure in the recent transition of power to the young leader.
A day after Mr Ri's removal, Pyongyang appointed a new vice-marshal, Hyon Yong-chol, of whom little is known except that he was made a general in 2010.
''What we are seeing is a reconstitution of the North Korea leadership from the old guard who were loyal to Kim's father to a new guard,'' Jasper Kim of the Asia Pacific Global Research Group told the BBC.
In a rare move, state media released a statement on Wednesday morning saying an important announcement was due shortly before the news of Kim Jong-un's appointment.
This, analysts say, could be another signal that the young leader, believed to be in his late 20s, is painting a slightly different image for himself from that of his father.
Kim Jong-un is a ''young person raised in the era of the internet'' and was educated abroad in Switzerland, Jasper Kim pointed out.
He has recently been photographed with a ''mystery woman'', leading to speculation over her identity. Pyongyang has not released any details about her, and it is not known if Mr Kim is married.
Mr Kim and those around him are being keenly watched for the direction in which they will take the communist state.
North Korea - which remains technically at war with South Korea - conducted nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009, since when international talks on ending its nuclear ambitions have been stalled.
It also launched a rocket in April, saying it wanted to put a satellite into orbit. The US and North Korea's neighbours said the launch - which failed - was a long-range missile test that violated UN resolutions. [/QUOTE]
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The reincarnation of Napoleon
Well we are fucked now guys, time to surrender.
excuse me while i tear ass over north korea in this f16 simulator.
gonna bomb pyongyang's air defenses, brb.
This is what we've been waiting for, this is it boys, this war!
Bah, he is going to be a shitty le
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[QUOTE=W0w00t;36822125]excuse me while i tear ass over north korea in this f16 simulator.
gonna bomb pyongyang's air defenses, brb.[/QUOTE]
You actually learned to fly a F-16 on BMS Falcon ?! On Full Realism ?!
Hats down to you, good sir.
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Oh boy, Jackie Chan sure looks like Sammo Hung![/QUOTE]
Oh fuck, they all look the same!
Any one of them could be Kim, Jong-Un!
[QUOTE=BananaFoam;36822840]Oh fuck, they all look the same!
Any one of them could be Kim, Jong-Un![/QUOTE]
That's been the plan all along
We're fucked
I can't take this guy seriously.
He looks like a giant child for christ's sake.
He'll just revoke himself when he figures out tanks and missiles are not edible.
[QUOTE=BananaFoam;36822840]Oh fuck, they all look the same!
Any one of them could be Kim, Jong-Un![/QUOTE]
When you ride alone, you ride with Kim Jong-Un!
Oh wait, no you don't otherwise your car would be dragging on the ground.
Use the army to feed him snacks.
It was over before it started, capitalist pigs. Surrender to the will of the glorious leader of Best Korea!
Don't panic, all we need to do is out micro his army.
I think we ought to rank the coolest titles of leaders in history.
I like Cromwell's "Lord Protector". It sounds so benevolent.
I KNEW IT. HOMEFRONT CALLED THIS.
I thought the title said that there was an unnamed marshal in NK.
[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;36822625]how many titles does he have now?[/QUOTE]
Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
First Secretary of the Worker's Party of Korea
First Chairman of the National Defense Commission
Chairman of the Central Military Commission
Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army
and now Marshal of the Korean People's Army
In real life he has no real military training and no experience in leadership. He is the most spoiled fat fuck who ever lived.
any time someone puts a verb after his name I read it incorrectly, like "kim jong un named" as "kim jong unnamed"
[QUOTE=koeniginator;36828915]any time someone puts a verb after his name I read it incorrectly, like "kim jong un named" as "kim jong unnamed"[/QUOTE]
I suppose that's an effect of absolutely no-one knowing how to write his name correctly, although it's a very small difference.
It's Kim Jong-un, not Kim Jong Un.
[QUOTE=-Get_A_Life-;36823813]He'll just revoke himself when he figures out tanks and missiles are not edible.[/QUOTE]
Don't be an idiot
He will replace them all with edible versions
[QUOTE=markg06;36824117]Don't panic, all we need to do is out micro his army.[/QUOTE]
nah he hasn't even expanded in some 50 years, sitting on 1 base and the minerals are almost totally depleted (miracle considering he thinks 1 drone each is saturated), one ghost and one nuke could force a gg
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he got to 200 food pretty quick but he's keeping it all to himself
[QUOTE=koeniginator;36828915]any time someone puts a verb after his name I read it incorrectly, like "kim jong un named" as "kim jong unnamed"[/QUOTE]
Just wait for the one after he passes. "Kim Jong Undead."
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I find that picture hilarious, he looks like a chubby manchild.
[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;36828834]In real life he has no real military training and no experience in leadership. He is the most spoiled fat fuck who ever lived.[/QUOTE]
That's because hes a puppet and figurehead to keep the people in control while the REAL generals (which are the people you usually see standing behind him in every picture) run the show.
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