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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: N.Korea's Kim at first state event since illness Reuters - Friday, April 10 By Jack Kim and Jon Herskovitz ADVERTISEMENT SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il appeared at his first major event since he was suspected of suffering a stroke last year when parliament re-elected him the country's supreme military leader on Thursday. The move by the new rubber-stamp Supreme People's Assembly -- while unanimous and totally expected -- marked Kim's return to centre stage as the reclusive communist state celebrates what it calls a triumphant satellite launch on the weekend. North Korean TV broadcast footage that showed Kim looking thinner than he did before his suspected stroke in August. As he walked onto the stage at the newly elected assembly followed by other officials, delegates broke into thunderous applause. Kim, 67, who typically does not speak when he attends the annual parliament sessions, did not appear to address the delegates. He has been conspicuously absent from major public events since his illness, which raised questions about his iron grip over Asia's only communist dynasty and whether anyone was waiting in the wings to succeed him. North Korea has threatened to take "strong steps" if the U.N. Security Council punishes it for Sunday's rocket launch. The Security Council has so far failed to agree on a response to what was widely seen as a disguised missile test, prompting U.S. Senator John McCain to press China, the North's key ally, to get tough on its impoverished neighbour. The North's KCNA news agency said Kim was re-elected chairman of National Defence Commission, the seat of power in North Korea, which named state founder and Kim's father Kim Il-sung eternal president after his death in 1994. Analysts said the carefully choreographed session of the assembly would give Kim a mandate that cements his legacy of building a military-first state and could pave the way to transfer power to one of his three sons. PROPAGANDA MACHINE North Korea's propaganda machine has carefully managed the re-emergence of Kim from his illness through reports about his tours to factories and military bases, while only showing still photographs of the visits. It prepared the public for his full return by saying he was on hand Sunday to watch the long-range rocket launch. On Tuesday, it showed video footage of the launch on state TV followed by a documentary on Kim where the public saw recent video images of him for the first time since his suspected stroke. Analysts said the launch was a test of a long-range missile designed to carry a warhead as far as Alaska. The U.S. military said no object entered orbit. The United States, Japan and South Korea say it violated U.N. resolutions banning North Korea from ballistic missile activity. China and Russia were among the Security Council members who remained unconvinced the launch was a violation of the resolutions. China's U.N. ambassador has called for restraint, opposing actions he said would only escalate tension. After meeting China's defence minister in Beijing, McCain said it was time that country did more. "They can, and should, and haven't, exercised more influence on North Korea to try to rein in this threat to stability in this part of the world," he said. Regarding China's calls for restraint, he said: "We've heard that for years." China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said only "earnest and constructive" dialogue is the answer. "Our basic attitude is that we hope the Security Council can look at the larger picture," she told a briefing. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso called for a new U.N. resolution but expected slow going at the world body. At the first session of North Korea's new parliament that sits for five years, there is expected to be a further reshuffling of the power apparatus within the National Defence Commission, likely to be expanded in a way that further strengthens Kim. The reshuffle and appointments will bring in those more sympathetic to one of Kim's three sons eventually succeeding him, analysts said. 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