North Korea Re-Elects Leader

North Korea announced on Thursday (April 9) its leader Kim Jong-il has been re-elected as chairman of the National Defence Commission. North Korea planned to hold a meeting on Thursday for its newly elected assembly, expected to mark leader Kim Jong-il's return to centre stage where he will bask in the glory of what his state said was a triumphant rocket launch. Kim, 67, has been con...

MediaScrape | April 9, 2009

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