1. October 9, 2009. at the state's official event, the performance of "Footsteps", Jong Il was accompanied by his sister Kim Kyong Hui, .. Jang Song Taek, and Kim Kin Nam, the party secretary. was seen as critical evidence that succession was officially underway among the North's power elites, although details on how far the succession was being spread among the North's power elites were still unknown in the South at that time.
2. one year after the official event of 'Footsteps', on September 28, 2010, the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency announced that, "Kim Jong Un Titled 'General' in the North... Succession Made Official."
3. the first time that Kim Jong Un had been mentioned in the state's official news and clearly indicated that the North's succession map had been made official.
4. Jom Jong Un's promotion as general was certainly unexpected. ... was made on the opening day of the 3rd delegates' convention of the NKorean Workers' Party, held for the first time in 44 years.
5. whhere, Jong Un was appointed as the vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, which oversees military policies of the Workers' Party.
6. Jong Un became one of 124 members of the Central Committee of the Party - a clear indication that the North was accelerating the process for succession.
7. the NKCT also broadcasted recorded footage of the young general from Workers' Party convention clapping at the front row of the hall in a black Kim Il Sung's coattails. the manner in which the son clapped bore a strking resemblance to his father. Jong Un's style brought forth claims that north Korea was carefully crafting his image to resemble his grandfather and continue his legacy.
8. on the same day, the Central News Agency printed three photographs of Kim Jong Il and key party members. the group photographs of Jong Un from the Workers' Party convention presented a clear view of NK's future power structure to back his leadership. the key cabinet and party members, their power symbolized by their suits, and high-ranking military officials in uniform on both sides of Kim Jong Il standing in the center of the images presented the double axis to support the state's successor. Between Kim Jong Il and his son is Ri Yong Ho, who was promoted to the vice-chairman of the Central Military Comission with Jong Un.
9. Jong Un's succession from his promotion as an army general to the vice-chairman of the Central Military Committee of the Workers' Party, and especially the reveal of his photograph to the public.