He has also invited North Korea's reclusive leader, Kim Jong Il, to Tehran, his capital.
Seoul-based North Korea expert Han Byung Hoon says Kim Jong Il faces three tasks.
When he came to power, Kim Jong Il faced more difficulties than his father ever did.
There had been no sign of progress under new leader Kim Jong-un, she said.
It is possible that Kim Jong Il may expect the regent to govern indefinitely.
De Jong was booked for the challenge, but he insisted there was no malice intended.
Holden picked up the injury in a tackle with Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong.
Like Stalin, Kim Jong Il rid the North Korean leadership of any possible independent-thinking rivals.
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North Korean media coverage of Kim Jong-un has passed through several stages since December.
Although the Kim Jong-il regime was odious, it might have been willing to deal.
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The odds are that Kim Jong Un will move very decisively on his detractors.
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Kim Jong-il was celebrated in North Korea as a military genius who had humbled a superpower.
China, North Korea's main backer, has not yet given its official reaction to Kim Jong-il's death.
It was risky: Kim Jong-il, North Korea's reclusive despot, is nothing if not unpredictable.
No one can say with great confidence what North Korea's Kim Jong Un will do.
North Korea's leader Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il were determined to stop it.
First, we have to understand that Kim Jong Il cannot be talked out of his arsenal.
Second, I think Kim Jong Il also would like to strengthen his power of control.
Kim Jong-il, for all his faults, has proven he can build fearsome weapons and long-range missiles.
Kim Jong Il learned from his dad that violence can be used to upset status quos.
And how do you know if you can trust anything coming from Kim Jong-un?
The pretext, phony as ever, was Mr Lee's alleged disrespect when Kim Jong-il died.
He invited the regimes of Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong-il to participate as observers.
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Kim Jong Il, the leader of the world's weakest nuclear power is in uncertain health.
It is by no means assured that Kim Jong Un has fully consolidated his authority.
Instead, Kim Jong Il restarted his programs, tested more missiles and their first nuclear explosion.
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Kim Jong Il's promotion of the tubby, 20-something unknown, Kim Jong Un, is even more grotesque.
Kim Jong Il, for them, was no longer a dictator or even a villain.
He rose to power in December 2011, after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il.
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