North Korea Celebrates Birth Anniversary of Founder

North Korea is celebrating the birth anniversary of its late founder, Kim Il Sung, while rights groups are urging his grandson, current leader Kim Jong Un, to use the occasion to end rampant abuses. Kim Jong Un, joined by senior military officials, made a midnight visit to a Pyongyang mausoleum that holds the embalmed body of his grandfather, who would have turned 103 on Wednesday. "He, together with the visitors, paid homage to Kim Il Sung in the humblest reverence,"...

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