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The youngest son of ailing leader Kim Jong Il has been given powerful posts in North Korea's ruling party, state media said, confirming his status as heir apparent in the nuclear-armed nation.
Kim Jong Un was named one of two vice chairmen of the central military commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and a member of its central committee, a day after his father appointed him a four-star general.
"Now the crown prince has all he needs to become the next leader," said Choi Jin Wook, senior analyst with the South's Korea Institute for National Unification.
Jong Un's high position on the party military commission chaired by his father gives him considerable authority over the world's fourth-largest armed forces, numbering almost 1.2 million.
The speed of his rise to power may indicate that his 68-year-old father's health is worse than believed, analysts said.
Kim Jong Il, who took over from his own father and national founder Kim Il Sung, suffered a stroke two years ago and is also thought to have kidney problems.
The Swiss-educated son, believed to be about 27, had never been named in state media before this week.
The leader's sister Kim Kyong Hui was appointed a member of the party political bureau.