North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was Monday given a new title -- chairman of the Workers’ Party -- at a rare top-level meeting of the ruling party.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was Monday given a new title -- chairman of the Workers' Party -- at a rare top-level meeting of the ruling party.

The country's de facto head of state Kim Yong-Nam announced the post as foreign journalists watched proceedings at the party congress -- the first for 36 years.