In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people participate in a memorial service in Tokyo to mourn late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il sponsored by by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. North Korea declared Kim Jong Il's son and successor "supreme leader" of the ruling party, military and the people during a memorial in Pyongyang Thursday for his father in the government's first public endorsement of his leadership.�(Ji Chunpeng,AP Photo/Xinhua)
PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea said Friday that rival South Korea and other nations should not expect any change from the country's new leadership.
A day after North Korea ended official mourning for Kim Jong Il and declared his son Kim Jong Un supreme leader, the North's powerful National Defense Commission sent a tough message to leaders in Seoul and Washington.
"We declare solemnly and confidently that the foolish politicians around the world, including the puppet group in South Korea, should not expect any change from us," the commission said in a statement.
North Korea calls Kim Jong Un "supreme leader"
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North Korea's power brokers on Thursday publicly declared Kim Jong Un the country's supreme leader for the first time at a massive public memorial for his father. The ceremony cemented the family's hold on power for another generation.
The unequivocal public backing for Kim Jong Un provides a strong signal that government and military officials have unified around him in the wake of his father and longtime ruler Kim Jong Il's death Dec. 17.
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