In this photo taken on December 28, 2011, a car carries a portrait of Kim Jong Il during the funeral procession in Pyongyang.
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In this photo taken on December 28, 2011, mourners react as a car Kim Jong Il's body passes by during the funeral procession in Pyongyang.
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This handout picture taken by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 28, 2011, shows Kim Jong Un (center R) and Jang Song-Thaek (C) besides the convoy carrying the body of Kim's father and late leader Kim Jong Il at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang.
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North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il peers out of a car window after a meeting with Russian officials on August 24, 2011.
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#182 — North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, accompanied by senior officials of the Workers' Party of Korea and Korean People's Army officials, attends the 15th anniversary memorial service of the country's late President Kim Il-Sung at the Pyongyang gymnasium on July 8, 2009.
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Kim Jong Il.
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A South Korean veteran holds a placard showing North Korean flags and portraits of Kim Jong-Il (L) and his son Jong-Un (R) during a rally in Seoul.
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A South Korean protester holds a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during a rally in central Seoul on March 25, 2011.
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In this frame grab made off undated North Korea's Korean Central Television (KCTV) footage aired on October 11, 2008, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspects a female military unit in North Korea.
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South Korean protesters hold placards showing the faces of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his youngest son and likely-successor Kim Jong-un as they shout during an anti-North Korea rally near the US embassy in Seoul on Feb. 16, 2011. North Korea was in festive mood as leader Kim Jong-Il turned 69 on Feb. 16, state media reported, but a defector group said birthday handouts were cut back as the regime struggles to feed its people.
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his 25 April 2007 picture, released from Korean Central News Agency 26 April, shows North Korean soldiers, carrying a large portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, marching during a grand military parade to celebrate the 75th founding anniversary of the KPA at the Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang.
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This undated picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on September 13, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (C, front row) posing with the Combined Unit 597 of the Korean People's Army (KPA) Navy.
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This undated picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on September 13, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (C, front row) posing with the Combined Unit 597 of the Korean People's Army (KPA) Navy.
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A North Korean defector burns the North Korean Flag in protest in front of the South Korean Defense Ministry on November 29, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. Tensions between the two Koreas remain high following an artillery exchange on the disputed island of Yeonpyeong on November 24.
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