New North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has formally been appointed “supreme military commander”.

New North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has formally been appointed “supreme military commander”, after having been appointed "supreme leader" of the country during memorial ceremonies for his late father Kim Jong-Il on Thursday.

"The dear respected Kim Jong-Un... assumed the supreme commandership of the Korean People's Army at the behest of leader Kim Jong-Il," the official news agency reported.

It stated that “the decision was proclaimed Friday at a meeting for the political bureau of the ruling communist party's central committee.”