He revived the interest in vernacular literature, and directly inspired the genius of his greater successors.

His young son has been hailed as the so-called great successor.

The young man - officially 29 but probably only 27 - has been officially labelled the "great successor" and a "lighthouse of hope".

Immediately after his father's death, Jong-un was hailed as "the great successor".

Kim Jong-il was regularly hailed by the media as the "fearless leader" and "the great successor to the revolutionary cause".

However, Stalin was also called 'the great successor' to indicate his positive role as the successor of Lenin.

But though they talk about "the cult of personality", in the same breath they speak of "the great successor".

Jong-Un, aged in his late 20s has been proclaimed "great successor".

North Koreans heard about him only as their "peerless leader" and "the great successor to the revolutionary cause."

The statement called the son "the great successor to the revolution" and "the eminent leader of the military and the people."