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On 20 December, Kim Jong Il's embalmed body lay in state in a glass coffin at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where his father Kim Il Sung is also interred, for an 11-day mourning period prior to the funeral.
Kim Il Sung died of a sudden heart attack on the early morning of 8 July 1994 at age 82. North Korea's government did not report the death for more than 34 hours after it occurred.
Dec 19, 2011 · North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has died aged 69 of a heart attack, state media announced Monday, plunging the nuclear-armed, famine-ridden and deeply isolated nation into a second dynastic...
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Dec 28, 2011 · Thousands of mourners have turned out, for the funeral of North Korea's former leader, Kim Jong-il, a week and a half, after his death. The procession, passed through the capital,...
Kim Il Sung's death resulted in nationwide mourning and a ten-day mourning period was declared by Kim Jong Il. His funeral was scheduled to be held on 17 July 1994 in Pyongyang but was delayed until 19 July. It was attended by hundreds of thousands of people who were flown into the city from all over North Korea.
Dec 28, 2011 · North Korea has begun two days of funeral services for late leader Kim Jong-il with a huge procession in the capital, Pyongyang. Footage showed tens of thousands of soldiers with their heads...
Dec 28, 2011 · Bleak pictures from state television showed a funeral cortège led by a limousine carrying a huge picture of the 69-year old, who died on Dec. 17, passing serried ranks of olive green-clad...
