NMA: Kim Jong-il's funeral

Uploaded by NMATV on Dec 28, 2011

North Koreans braced icy conditions and lined the snow covered streets of Pyongyang on Wednesday, the first of two days of remembrance events for late ‘Dear Leader’ Kim Jong-il.

Kim died of heart failure on December 17 after having ruled the nation since his father Kim Il-sung’s death in 1994. He was 69.

The funeral is also set to serve as a vehicle for the succession of Kim’s chosen heir, youngest son Kim Jong-un, who is set to become the third generation of his family to lead the reclusive, nuclear armed state. 

DPRK state media has dubbed the 29-year-old as the state’s “great successor,” “supreme leader” and “sagacious leader”.

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NMA: Kim Jong-Il death creates uncertainty

Uploaded by NMATV on Dec 19, 2011

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is dead. State media reported the Dear Leader died on Saturday due to "great mental and physical strain" while on a "high-intensity field inspection."

News of Kim Jong-il's death prompted a great outpouring of public grief, though North Koreans could hardly be expected to display any other kind of emotion in the tightly managed Stalinist state.

Kim's son, the 20-something Kim Jong-un aka the Bright Leader, is the heir apparent. But the younger Kim is not secure in his power and the elder Kim's death could result in a dangerous power vacuum in what is arguably the world's most dangerous flashpoint. This could  potentially embroil China and the US in a military confrontation in the Korean Peninsula.

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