The State Funeral of Kim Jong Il

The State Funeral of Kim Jong Il
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Pyongyang, December 28, 2011
Kim Jong Un, left, walks beside the convoy carrying the body of his father and late leader Kim Jong Il at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang on December 28, 2011. North Korean state television began broadcasting the funeral of late leader Kim Jong Il December 28, with footage of tens of thousands of troops bowing their heads in the snow outside the memorial palace.

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