North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (R) visits Navy Unit 158 of the Korean People's Army in an undisclosed location, in this undated recent file photo released by the North's KCNA in Pyongyang February 7, 2012. A smiling Kim Jong-un led celebrations of his dead father's official 70th birthday celebrations in the North Korean capital on February 16, 2012, nearly two months after taking power, indicating a smooth transition in the one of the world's most closed states. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (R) visits Navy Unit 158 of the Korean People's Army in an undisclosed location, in this undated recent file photo released by the North's KCNA in Pyongyang February 7, 2012. A smiling Kim Jong-un led celebrations of his dead father's official 70th birthday celebrations in the North Korean capital on February 16, 2012, nearly two months after taking power, indicating a smooth transition in the one of the world's most closed states.

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  1. This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 9, 2012 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) inspecting the Mangyongdae Funfair amusement park in Pyongyang. South Korea said on May 9 it would send formal complaints to North Korea and to UN agencies, urging Pyongyang to stop sending GPS jamming signals that have affected hundreds of civilian flights.
  2. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) looks at a computer screen as he visits the Air and Anti-air Force Command of the Korean People's Army in this picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang May 5, 2012. Photo released May 5, 2012.
  3. In this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed by the Korea News Service Wednesday, May 9, 2012, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wearing a hat visits the Mangyongdae Funfair, a cultural recreation ground for the people and an entertainment and educational center, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
  4. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (2nd R) visits the Mangyongdae Funfair in this undated picture released by the North's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang May 9, 2012. KCNA did not state precisely when the picture was taken. The Mangyongdae Funfair has been a cultural recreation ground for the people as well as an entertainment and educational centre since it was built decades ago, according to the North Korean media.
  5. A South Korean man waves a national flag over a flat balloon plastered with a picture of North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-Un and anti-Pyongyang slogans at a rally by thousands of conservative activists in Seoul on May 2, 2012. Electronic jamming signals from North Korea have affected scores of civilian flights in and out of South Korea amid rising cross-border tensions.
  6. Masked men with axes burst a large balloon plastered with a picture of North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-Un and anti-Pyongyang slogans at a rally by thousands of conservative activists in Seoul on May 2, 2012. Electronic jamming signals from North Korea have affected scores of civilian flights in and out of South Korea amid rising cross-border tensions.
  7. Protesters from conservative, right-wing and anti-North Korean civic groups cut a banner showing a defaced North Korean flag and a picture of the North's leader Kim Jong-un during an anti-North Korea rally near the U.S. embassy in Seoul April 26, 2012.
  8. Protesters from conservative, right-wing and anti-North Korean civic groups chant slogans next to an burning effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during an anti-North Korea rally held near the U.S. embassy in Seoul April 26, 2012.
  9. North Korean people and soldiers attend a rally denouncing South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang April 20, 2012. North Korea held the rally on Friday to criticize Lee, who the North insisted, insulted North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and its rocket launch while the North was holding an anniversary held to celebrate the North's founder Kim Il-sung's 100th birthday. The sign reads,"Let us slit the windpipes of the rat-like Lee Myung-bak group!". Picture taken April 20, 2012.
  10. South Korea conservative activists use wooden axes to beat a ball plastered with portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korean flags and anti-North Korea slogans during a rally against the North's recent threat in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. A South Korean official said jamming signals from North Korea are affecting dozens of civilian airplanes flying in and out of South Korea. The slogans on the ball read "End of North Korean Regime and "Rash behavior of declaring war."
  11. An anti-North Korean campaigner uses a sickle to strike a picture of the North's leader Kim Jong-Un during a protest against Pyongyang's recent threat to attack the South Korean capital, in Seoul on April 26, 2012. South Korea is seeking to extend United Nations sanctions to 19 more North Korean institutions following the country's widely condemned rocket launch this month, a report said April 26.
  12. In this Tuesday, May 1, 2012 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed by the Korea News Service Wednesday, May 2, 2012, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, center, is applauded by military personnel during his visit to the Machine Plant managed by Ho Chol Yong in North Korea, to mark May Day. JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSION.
  13. In this Tuesday, May 1, 2012 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed by the Korea News Service Wednesday, May 2, 2012, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un waves during his visit to the People's Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, for a concert given by the Unhasu Orchestra to mark May Day. JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSION.
  14. North Korean defectors now living in South Korea prepare to release balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets at Imjingak peace park in Paju near the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas on April 28, 2012. New satellite images show more work under way at North Korea's nuclear test site but give no indication of when a test may occur, a US-based specialist website reported. The Korean letters on the balloon read 'Let's terminate Kim Jong-Un's three-generational dictatorship'.
  15. Soldiers take part in a military parade to celebrate the centenary of the birth of North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012, in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency on April 16, 2012. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivered his first major public speech on Sunday.
  16. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) watches a military parade held to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the North's founder Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012, in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency on April 16, 2012. Most North Koreans never heard their late leader, Kim Jong-il, speak. His son, smiling and joking with generals on a podium as he watched a big military parade on Sunday, shattered that mold. In a surprise 20-minute speech, Kim Jong-un, the 20-something leader of one of the world's most isolated countries, displayed few nerves as he praised his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, on the centenary of his birth.

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