North Korean officials marked the second anniversary of former leader Kim Jong Il's death with a large memorial in Pyongyang on Tuesday (December 17), less than a week after his son and successor Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of a powerful family ally in a rare public purge.<br /> <br />The young leader was the centre of attention at a large memorial in Pyongyang staged to mark the second anniversary of the death of his father, Kim Jong Il.<br /> <br />The public display of fealty came only days after the execution last week of Kim Jong Un's uncle, Jang Song Thaek, considered the second most powerful man in North Korea.<br /> <br />The ousting of Jang overlaps with a propaganda drive that has tied the younger Kim to his father's legacy in the weeks leading up to the anniversary.<br /> <br />Official television KRT footage showed Kim Jong Un sitting centre stage beneath a huge red mural of a flag emblazoned with a picture of his smiling father.<br /> <br />Kim, believed to be about 30, took over when his father
