Kim Jong Il's Son Given Additional Titles
The BBC reports:
The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has been appointed to two key party posts, in a move widely seen as part of a gradual transfer of power.
State media said Kim Jong-un was named vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party, which is holding a rare meeting.
He was also appointed to the party's central committee. Earlier, the younger Mr Kim was made a four-star general.
His father was re-elected as leader but is thought to be in poor health.
Kim Jong-un is Kim Jong-il's third son and had already been identified as the most likely successor to the Communist dynasty started by his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, in 1948.
It's a remarkable rise, even by the standards of one of the world's most totalitarian states, says the BBC's John Sudworth in Seoul.
There can now be little doubt that he has been chosen to eventually take over from his ailing father, our correspondent says.
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