North Korea Marks 3-Year Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Death

North Korea's communist leadership is marking the three-year anniversary of the death of ex-dictator Kim Jong Il. State television on Wednesday showed North Koreans bowing and leaving flowers at the statue of the former leader and his father Kim Il Sung. One mourner, Pyongyang resident Jang Un Byol, told North Korean TV why she visited the site at Mansu Hill in the capital. "It's already been three years since we suddenly lost our general and shed tears. However, even...

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