“By hanging the portraits of all three — Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung — I ... referring to the Kim family’s lineage named after the country’s most sacred mountain.

For the first time, photos released by Pyongyang’s state news agency KCNA on Wednesday showed the dictator’s portrait hung next to those of his father, Kim Jong Il, and grandfather Kim Il Sung.

“Kim Jong Un’s portrait hung alongside those of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il is a clear message to the wider domestic public that he is now on the same level as the two late leaders,” said ...