quarta-feira, 29 de setembro de 2010

Rare meeting of N. Korean ruling party wraps up


(CNN) -- North Korea's ruling party wrapped up a rare meeting on Wednesday afternoon, state-run media said.
The meeting, which started Tuesday, signaled a transferring of power to the next generation.
Just before it began, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on Monday promoted his youngest son to the rank of four-star general.
Kim Jong Un also was named vice chairman of the party's central military commission.
The Workers' Party of Korea last convened its delegates more than four decades ago.
Kim Yong Nam -- who has been the de facto leader of North Korea since the mid-1990s and is No. 2 to Kim Jong Il -- delivered the opening and closing speeches at the party meeting.
CNN