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North Korea marks anniversary of Kim Jong-il death
- Published_at:2012-12-16
- Category:News & Politics
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- description: Thousands of North Korean soldiers and civilians paid respects to their former leader Kim Jong-il, on the eve of the first anniversary of his death. North Koreans paid respects to their former leader Kim Jong-il on Sunday, the eve of the first anniversary of his death. The reclusive country's state-run television KRT broadcast video of thousands of mourners gathering in front of statues of Kim Jong-il and North Korea founder Kim Il-sung. Soldiers and civilians stood for silent prayers and presented flowers to statues of current leader Kim Jong-un's father Kim Jong-il and grandfather Kim Il-sung. Earlier in the day, leader Kim Jong-un along with thousands of leading officials of the party, state and army attended a mass national memorial rally for his father. A state funeral and a commemorative event capped 10 days of mourning following Kim Jong-il's death on December 17, 2011 and his son, Kim Jong-un, was hailed as the "great successor". Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9748587/North-Korea-thousands-mark-anniversary-of-Kim-Jong-il-death.html Get the latest headlines http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Subscribe to The Telegraph http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=telegraphtv Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/telegraph.co.uk Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/telegraph Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/102891355072777008500/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
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