Kim Jong-un: 'The Great Successor' Emerges

As North Korea comes to terms with the loss of its "Dear Leader", the shadowy figure of "the Great Successor" - his son - has begun to emerge.
Kim Jong-un only appeared with his father on live television for the first time last October, clapping and saluting thousands of goose-stepping soldiers at a military parade.
The third son of Kim Jong-il, Jong-un is believed to be around 27-years-old and was educated in Switzerland.
He lived under the pseudonym of "Pak Chol" while at the International School of Berne, and pretended to be the son of a driver.
Described as shy and uncommunicative, he was only known for his sporting passion - in particular a fascination with basketball and Michael Jordan. He was also known to have been a fan of skiing.
Not much else is known about his time at school - but by late 1999 he had simply disappeared from the country, according to former classmates.
Little else was revealed about him until June 2010, when North Korean officials began circulating photographs of him, taken while he was at school.
Prior to this, only one official image of him had circulated outside North Korea, apparently taken when he was around eleven years old.
Shortly afterwards, in September of that year, he was appointed a general of the country's army - and it was then that the first official photograph of him as an adult was released.
This was followed by the television footage of him at a parade with his father a month later - the younger Kim's military 'coming out' and an effort to boost his standing in what is one of the world's largest armies.
Aside from what is known about his sporting and military pursuits, the younger Kim is also an unexpected fashion guru in his country.
His short-square haircut - dubbed the "youth" or "ambition" - is widely copied by young men in Pyongyang.
However, he is yet to make a significant impact in either his own country or on the global stage.
Although he has been selected by the country's officials as the next leader, it remains to be seen if he can retain the firm grip his father had over the country, and most importantly, its military