
In this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 1, 2012, North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-un (L) applauds as he visits the Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105 Guards Tank Division of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang. North Korea the same day urged its people to faithfully follow the new leader as it vowed to uphold the policies of his father, the late leader Kim Jong-il, to help build a thriving country. (Yonhap)

In this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 1, 2012, North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-un (L) talks to a soldier as he visits the Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105 Guards Tank Division of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang. North Korea the same day urged its people to faithfully follow the new leader as it vowed to uphold the policies of his father, the late leader Kim Jong-il, to help build a thriving country. (Yonhap)

In this Jan. 1, 2012 image released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed Monday, Jan. 2, 2012 in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un, 2nd right, inspects a room to educate about revolutionary achievement at Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105 Guards Tank Division of the Korean People's Army in North Korea to congratulate servicepersons on New Year's day. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

January 2, 2012 
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