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North Korea:Kim Jong-il Renominated As the North’s Leader

Categories: East Asia, North Korea, South Korea, Breaking News, Governance, Politics

North Korea’s Kim Jong-il was renominated as the general-secretary of North’s ruling Worker’s Party in regime’s biggest convention in 30 years, South Korea’s Yonhap reported itas breaking news. According to Yonhap, North’s state media KCTV announced “Kim was renominated as general-secretary amid a storm of applause by all the delegates to the convention.”