Kim Jong-Il has appointed his successor, the head of the KGB.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has appointed his younger son, Kim Jong Una head of State Security, which reports directly to the head of state and performs the functions of the secret police and foreign intelligence. This is the agency Associated Press, referring to South Korean newspaper Ton Ilbo.
According to the edition, citing unnamed sources, the appointment was held in March 2009. Presenting the officers of his son, the leader of North Korea called on them to protect it in the same earnest, the price of their own lives "as they used to guard itself, Kim Jong Il.
Earlier, South Korean intelligence has reported that Kim Jong Il, officially introduced Kim Jong Una as his successor, and in the country have already begun expressing dedication ceremony, the son of the leader of the DPRK.
In the view of "Ton Ilbo, Kim Jong Una appointing the head of the KGB, Kim Jong Il in a manner secured the transfer of power, tried to suppress any attempts to disrupt it.
Meanwhile, sources in the South Korean intelligence has not yet been able to confirm the new appointment of Kim Jong-Una.
Rumors of the appointment of Kim Jong Il younger son as his successor appeared in January 2009. It was expected that Kim Jong Un is elected deputy of the North Korean parliament, but the last in March 2009 elections, he has not received the mandate of the deputy.
Later came the information that Kim Jong Un, was appointed instructor at the State Defense Committee (GKO), the supreme State organ of North Korea, headed by Kim Jong Il.
In summer 2008, the leader of the DPRK reportedly suffered a stroke, but reliable information about the state of his health yet.