NKorea's young leader Kim Jong-un given key military post

Pyongyang: North Korea’s widely condemned rocket splintered into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after it took off  on Friday, an embarrassing end to a launch that Pyongyang had infused with national pride during a week of high-level political meetings and celebrations. [caption id=“attachment_275219” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Reuters”] [/caption] Amid all this, North Korea named its young leader Kim Jong-un as first chairman of the ruling National Defence Commission at a meeting of its assembly on Friday, capping a rise to power in the reclusive state after the sudden death of his father in December. Kim Jong-il, who ruled the country as the Chairman of the powerful military commission until he died, would remain its chairman for eternity, the North’s official KCNA news agency said. Agencies