North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been given the title of Chairman of the Worker’s Party of Korea (WPK) on Monday, prior to the official closing of the 7th Worker’s Party Congress.

The announcement of the new title was made by Kim Yong Nam, the President of the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) and the de facto head of state.

The announcement was read out in front of WPK delegates and a select group foreign journalists who were finally given permission to attend the proceedings after being shut out from the April 25 House of Culture since the beginning of the