TOKYO -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was given a new top party title during the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, which seems to indicate his ambition to set his own policy agenda not dictated by the principles put down by his two widely worshipped predecessors.
The ruling party congress, which in theory is North Korea's highest decision-making body, bestowed Kim with the title of general secretary of the Workers' Party, the same status held by his late father Kim Jong Il as well as grandfather Kim Il Sung, the venerated founder of the country.
