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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) looks at his youngest son Kim Jong-un as they watch a parade to commemorate the 65th anniversary of founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang October 10, 2010. Secretive North Korea's leader-in-waiting, the youngest son of ailing ruler Kim Jong-il, took centre stage during a massive military parade on Sunday, appearing live for the first time in public.
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By Benjamin Kang Lim
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Sun Oct 10, 2010 2:21am EDT
PYONGYANG (Reuters) - Secretive North Korea's leader-in-waiting, the youngest son of ailing ruler Kim Jong-il, took center stage during a massive military parade on Sunday, his public appearing being broadcast live for the first time.
Kim Jong-un stood near his father on the dais, clapping and saluting thousands of goose-stepping soldiers, and reviewing missiles, tanks and artillery rockets.
The young Kim's prominent role at the parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung Square marked his military 'coming out' and served to boost his standing in one of the the world's largest armies.
Until his appointment as a general last month -- along with his naming to a key political post -- little was known about the young Kim other than that he was educated in Switzerland.
"The future of our country is rosy and bright because Kim Jong-un was elected vice chairman of the military commission of the Workers' Party," said a government official, who asked not to be identified.
"We have a proverb in Korean that great teachers produce great students and great parents produce great children.
"Kim Jong-il is healthy enough to lead our country and to give spot guidance in every field including economic, agricultural, industrial, military and arts."
Kim Jong-il, 68, is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 but he has shown no sign of losing his grip on power and was reappointed last month as secretary-general of the ruling Workers' Party.
He stood for over an hour during the parade and waved to the crowds, but limped noticeably and reached to the balcony for support.
State television broadcast the parade live, giving North Koreans their first real look at their next leader, known only to be his mid to late 20s.
A stable succession would be a relief to North Korea's economically powerful neighbors -- China, South Korea and Japan -- which worry that a regime collapse could result in massive refugee flows and domestic unrest.
The young Kim, the third son of the ailing leader, is poised to continue dynastic rule in the isolated state which also has ambitions to develop nuclear weapons.
SHOW OF STRENGTH
Among the guests at the parade, the biggest in the North in years, were foreign diplomats and Communist Party officials from China -- the destitute North's only major ally on which it relies for food and fuel aid.
The secretive nation also invited foreign media to watch the parade which marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party and gave the world its first independent look at the protege.
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