SEOUL, South Korea (AP) � North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was given a new title, �general secretary� of the ruling Workers� Party, formerly held by his late father and grandfather, state media reported Monday, in what appears to a symbolic move aimed at bolstering his authority amid growing economic challenges. The party�s ongoing congress, the first in kind in five years, announced Kim�s new title during its sixth-day session on Sunday. A congress statement said Kim �has gloriously realized the historic mission to complete the country�s nuclear build-up...
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