Seoul, Apr. 18 : Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has confessed that he feels fatigue from his tough schedule, the communist state''s official media said on Friday.

"A man is not made of iron and must take care of his own body. But I have no time to do so," the ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun quoted Kim, long regarded as the country's benefactor, as saying.

Kim, 67, is widely believed to have suffered a stroke last August.

Seoul (South Korea), Apr. 11 : North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's three sons are not the only ones with strong enough family connections to make them contenders for power as their father, weak and still ailing, casts about for a successor.

According to the Christian Science Monitor, Kim is also counting on the economic acumen of his brother-in-law, Jang Song Taek, to buttress his regime.

London, Apr 9 : North Korean parliament has re-elected the country's supreme leader Kim Jong-Il to his most powerful post, chairman of the National Defence Commission, even as the international diplomatic deadlock persisted over last weekend's missile test by Pyongyang.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that the election "is all the servicepersons' and people's expression of unquestioned support and trust in him," adding that Kim has performed the immortal exploits to shine long in the history of the country.

Seoul - North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament on Thursday re-elected the country's leader, Kim Jong Il, to the government's highest post.

The Supreme People's Assembly reconfirmed Kim as the chairman of the National Defence Commission, state-media reported. The commission is the most powerful body in North Korea's government.

Seoul, Apr. 6 : North Korea said on Monday that its leader Kim Jong-il was present at Sunday's controversial rocket launch and praised scientists after watching a satellite propelled into orbit.

The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Kim was briefed on preparations for the launch before observing the entire process from the command centre.

New Delhi, Mar 22 : Kim Jong Il, the top leader of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has said it is the invariable will of DPRK to further consolidate and develop the friendship with China.

Kim said cultural exchange plays an important role in boosting the precious DPRK-China friendship established by late President Kim Il Sung and leaders of the elder generation of China for a long period.