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This undated picture released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on October 6, 2010 shows a coordinated drill of servicepersons of Korea People’s Army Unit 851 held to mark the 65th birthday of the Workers Party of Korea. North Korea’s ailing leader Kim Jong-Il and his son and heir apparent Kim Jong-Un watched a live-fire military drill together with top party and military officials, state media said on October 5. It was the first official field inspection by Kim’s son since he was made a four-star general and given key party posts last week, in a rapid rise to public prominence. AFP PHOTO / KCNA via KNS