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This tv grab taken from North Korean TV today shows a portrait of the late leader Kim Jong-Il on a car arriving at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang. North Korean state television began broadcasting the funeral of late leader Kim Jong-Il today, with footage of tens of thousands of troops bowing their heads in the snow outside a memorial palace. |
PYONGYANG, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Wednesday bid farewell to the nation's late leader Kim Jong Il.
The late DPRK leader passed away from "great mental and physical strain" at 08:30 a.m. Dec. 17 (2330 GMT Friday), on a train during a field guidance tour, the DPRK's official KCNA news agency reported on Dec. 19.
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