North Korea said on Saturday its new leader Kim Jong-Un has formally been appointed supreme commander of the 1.2 million-strong military, in another sign he is rapidly tightening his grip on power.

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The defense chiefs of South Korea and the US said the power succession in North Korea following the death of its leader Kim Jong-il has been stable so far.

South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin

South Korea said on Saturday a former first lady and the chairwoman of the giant Hyundai business conglomerate will be permitted to cross into North Korea next week to join ceremonies marking the deat

North Korea will shift to collective rule from a strongman dictatorship after last week's death of Kim Jong-il, although his untested young son will be at the head of the ruling coterie, a source with

North Korea has hailed Kim Jong-Il’s young son as a 'great successor' at the helm of the isolated country after the death of the leader who built an atomic arsenal and presided over a devastating famine.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has died, aged 69, of a heart attack, the state media announced on Monday, plunging the nuclear-armed and deeply isolated nation into a second dynastic succession.

North Korea put the body of its late leader Kim Jong-Il on display in a glass coffin on Tuesday and heaped praise on his son and successor, amid world wariness at the transition in the nuclear-armed n

When South Korean President Lee Myung-bak left on a state visit for Japan last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had been dead for about four hours, indicating that neither Seoul nor Tokyo - or Wa

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has died, Pyongyang's state television announced Monday.

The veteran leader died on December 17 at 8:30 am, a weeping announcer said.

South Korea ordered its military on emergency alert and increased border air surveillance after North Korea announced the death of its leader Kim Jong-Il, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Seoul also a