Kim's Death Brought Turmoil To The North Korean

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　　The streets of Pyongyang were quiet, but throngs of people gathered at landmarks honoring Kim, footage from Associated Press Television News in Pyongyang showed. Kim died of a massive heart attack caused by overwork and stress, according to the North's media. He was 69 — though some experts question the official accounts of his birth date and location.Kim Jong UN — Kim's third son and successor — visited his coffin with top military and Workers' Party officials, state media said. It said they held a "solemn ceremony" as the country mourned. North Korea, the world's only communist dynasty, has said it will place Kim's body in the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, a mausoleum where the embalmed body of his father — national founder Kim Il Sung — has been on display in a glass sarcophagus since his death in 1994."

　　Our General (Kim Jong Il) is our people's benevolent father," said Ri Ho Il, a lecturer at the Korean Revolutionary History Museum. "He defended our people's happiness, carrying on his forced march both night and day."Although there were no signs of unrest or discord in Pyongyang's ...
... somber streets, Kim's death and the possibility of a power struggle in a country armed with nuclear weapons and known for its secrecy and unpredictability have heightened tensions in the region.Streams of mourners, many of them sobbing, offered flowers and last respects Tuesday to North Korea's longtime ruler Kim Jong, as state media fed a budding personality cult around his third son, hailing him as "born of heaven."Flags across North Korea flew at half-staff at all military units, factories, businesses, farms and public buildings.

　　It described the twenty-something Kim as "born of Mount Paektu," one of Korea's most cherished sites and Kim Jong Il's official birthplace. On Monday, the North said in a dispatch that the people and the military "have pledged to uphold the leadership of comrade Kim Jong UN" and called him a "great successor" of the country's revolutionary philosophy of juche, or self reliance. North Korean state media have given clear indications that Kim Jong UN will succeed him. Since Kim's death they have stepped up their lavish praise of the son, indicating an effort to strengthen a cult of personality around him similar to that of his father and — much more strongly — of Kim Il Sung. The Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday described Kim Jong Un as a "a great person born of heaven," a propaganda term only his father Kim Jong Il and his grandfather Kim Il Sung had enjoyed. The Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling Workers' Party, added in an editorial that Kim Jong UN is "the spiritual pillar and the lighthouse of hope" for the military and the people.

　　Soon after the death was announced Monday, President Barack Obama agreed by phone with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to closely monitor developments. Japan's government also said it was being vigilant for any "unexpected developments."South Korea's military has been put on high alert, and experts warned that the next few days could be a crucial turning point for the North, which though impoverished by economic mismanagement and repeated famine, has relatively well-supported, 1.2 million-strong armed forces. Kim’s death could set back efforts by the United States and others to get Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions. Concerns are also high that Kim Jong Un — being young and largely untested — may feel he needs to prove himself by precipitating a crisis or displaying his swagger on the international stage.

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