Kim Jong-un was formally named as the supreme commander of North Korea's armed forces on Saturday, consolidating his leadership and power within the state.
Referring to him for the first time as the "great leader", the official state news agency said,
"[the title] provides sure guarantee for glorifying the great exploits performed by Kim Jong-il for army building and carrying forward the cause of the songun [military-first] revolution generation after generation".
In a defiant statement broadacast by the state media, the new leader warned South Korea and the rest of the world,
"The sea of the blood and tears by our people and our military, will chase the rebellious faction till the end to become the sea of revenge, burning the rebellious faction until nothing is left."
"The sound of mourning will become the roaring of the sound of gunfire that will collapse the puppet stronghold."
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