Kim Jong Un seen leading military

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- North Korean state media signaled Saturday late leader Kim Jong Il's youngest son, Kim Jong Un, would take control of the country's 1.1 million-strong military.

"We declare from our hearts ... we will complete the task of military-first revolution under comrade Kim Jong Un as our supreme commander and our general," the North's main state newspaper, Rodong Shinmun, said in an editorial, Yonhap News Agency reported.

The newspaper also called Kim Jong Un the "supreme commander in heart" who would lead the Communist country to "an eternal victory."

The editorial endorsement comes amid the transition of power to the youngest of Kim Jong Il's three sons after the Kim Jong Il's Dec. 17 death.

Kim Jong Un, in preparing to become North Korea's next leader, last year became vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party and a four-star general.

Some have expressed doubts about whether the younger Kim, believed to be in his 20s and with little experience, could take control of the military.