PYONGYANG, North Korea – North Korea is calling Kim Jong Il’s son “supreme leader” of its military as it speeds up the campaign to install the young man as the communist nation’s next leader.
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In a late night dispatch Saturday, state media called Kim Jong Un “supreme leader of the revolutionary forces” of the country. It says Kim visited his father’s coffin with other senior military leaders and officials.
North Korea earlier called Kim Jong Un “supreme commander.”
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