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North Korea promotes leader's son

North Korea conference: North Korean Worker's Party delegates arrive at Pyongyang Station
North Korean Worker's party delegates arrive at Pyongyang station for the party's first assembly in three decades Photograph: KNS via Getty Images
North Korea conference: A choir performs to commemorate the Worker's Party of Korea meeting
A choir performs in front of a placard celebrating the Worker's party assembly in Pyongyang Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters
North Korea conference: North Koreans dancing in Pyongyang to celebrate the promotion of Jong-Un
North Koreans dance in Pyongyang to celebrate the promotion of Kim Jong-un to a four-star general in apparent preparation for another dynastic succession Photograph: KNS/AFP/Getty Images
North Korea conference: Young North Koreans dance in Pyongyang for Kim Jong-Un's promotion
Young North Koreans dance in Pyongyang Photograph: KNS/AFP/Getty Images
North Korea conference: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il sits in front of a statue of his father
Kim Jong-il, centre, sits in front of a statue of his father, Kim Il-sung at the Workers' party conference Photograph: KNS/AFP/Getty Images
North Korea conference: North Korea's Workers party representatives attend the Conference
North Korea's Workers party delegates applaud during the conference Photograph: KNS/AFP/Getty Images
North Korea conference: Kim Jong-Il's sister Kim Kyong-Hui is elected as a politburo member
Kim Jong-il's sister Kim Kyong-hui (second left) was elected as a member of the party political bureau Photograph: KNS/AFP/Getty Images
North Korea conference: A North Korean flag is seen atop a 160-metre tower near houses
A North Korean flag flies atop a tower in the border village of Gijungdong Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP
North Korea conference: North Korean officials visit the truce village of Panmunjom
A North Korean soldier briefs officials visiting the village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas Photograph: Lee Jae-won/Reuters
North Korea conference: North Korean soldiers stand guard on the banks of the Yalu River
North Korean soldiers stand guard on the banks of the Yalu river near the North Korean town of Sinuiju Photograph: Jacky Chen/Reuters
North Korea conference: Banner reads Hurrah General Kim Jong Ill the son of the 21st century's sun!
A banner reading 'Hurrah, General Kim Jong-il, the Son of the 21st Century's Sun!' hangs near a gate in the border town of Sinuiju Photograph: AP
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