North Korea on Monday added an important title to the fast-growing credentials of its untested new ruler, referring to the youngest son of late leader Kim Jong-Il as head of a key ruling party body. In a move that experts said shows the successor is on track to take full control of the secretive nation, the ruling party newspaper hailed him as head of its Central Committee.
Mr. Kim, in his late 20s, has already been touted as “great successor” and “supreme commander” of the military since his father died on December 17 of a heart attack at the age of 69. Usually the head of the Central Committee — a top decision-making body — is also its general secretary, a position previously held by Kim Jong-Il.
