North Koreas pay respects to late President Kim

[unreal.livejournal.com]

Streams of North Koreans are paying their respects to late President Kim Il Sung, the country's founder, on the 17th anniversary of his death.

Footage from Associated Press Television News shows citizens and soldiers laying bouquets and bowing deeply Friday before a statue of Kim in Pyongyang, the capital.

Kim, the father of current leader Kim Jong Il, died of heart failure in 1994 but is still deeply revered as the country's "eternal president."

A giant statue of Kim in Pyongyang is temporarily off limits because it is in an area under renovation ahead of the centenary of Kim Il Sung's birth in April 2012.

North Korea has promoted 2012 as a significant milestone in its history.

Source: forbes
I tried looking for that footage they are talking about, but with no luck

Comments

[shavashava.livejournal.com]

saw the title and immediately hoped kim jong il

[dalpaengee.livejournal.com]

yeah i accidentally read the bolded sentence as "Kim Jong Il died of heart failure in 1994" and got confused

[mentality34.livejournal.com]

LOL me too. i had to read it like 5x cause i was like "wait what"

[centric-xx.livejournal.com]

lol same

[ababobaby.livejournal.com]

lol this

[atarashiiyoake.livejournal.com]

MTE.

[copys.livejournal.com]

same gdi

[yolleh.livejournal.com]

I thought I missed out on some revolutionary info right there

[xxelinaxx.livejournal.com]

lol same xD

[dalpaengee.livejournal.com]

i was so disappointed about the construction :( wasn't able to see the statue except from afar.

[inudela.livejournal.com]

same as all the above comments. i was all how have i not heard about this already???