North Korea presents “Farewell” to their-long time leader Kim Jong-il

North Korea presents “Farewell” to their-long time leader Kim Jong-il

Hundreds and thousands of North Koreans arrived to bid farewell to their long time and beloved leader Kim Jong-il on Wednesday morning as the country heads into anther eleven-day mourning period after their military staged a funeral in the snowy streets
of the capital Pyongyang.

Kim Jong-il’s funeral started with the three-hour long procession at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where the body of Korean leader was laid after his death on 19^th December.

However, Lee Jung-Hoon, who is a professor of international relations at Yonsei University said for the funeral that, that was carefully choreographed.

He said, “They are trying to stick a very powerful front image, to make sure that the entire nation mourns and they pledge their loyalty”

But later one soldier was interviewed by North Korean sate TV, who said with emotionally full, “Even the people, mountains, rivers, and the sky are crying for our dear leader, you gave us these new uniforms and said you will be back to see us wearing it!
General, you are not gone, you cannot leave us!”

In the meanwhile, this very funeral gave Kim Jong-un, who is Kim Jong-il’s successor and his youngest son, an opening to intensify his credentials as next leader.

The recently named “Supreme Commander”, who will take the rudder of the nuclear-armed communist country while merely in his late 20s, also will play a brief political responsibility by meeting a collection of well-known South Koreans who have relations with
the North.  

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