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Pyongyang mourns the passing of Kim Jong Il

2011-12-19 1 Dailymotion

A mass outpouring of grief in North Korea over the death of 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong il.<br/> Students at this Pyongyang school weep in front of a mosaic of their late leader.<br/> Actors from Pyongyang's National Theater are also distraught as they react to Kim's death.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) NORTH KOREAN ACTOR HWANG MOON-IL SAYING:<br/> "While I was performing, I was waiting desperately to invite him and I was expecting to see him every single day. How can he pass away like this? I'm so heartbroken."<br/> Workers at an electric wire factory in the capital sob openly as they watch the announcement of Kim's death on state television.<br/> This young employee says she had followed the leader like her own father and was looking forward to seeing him in the factory.<br/> "I will change sorrow into strength and courage and remain faithful to respected Comrade Kim Jong-un," she says.<br/> The 69-year-old leader suffered a heart attack on a train on Saturday.<br/> The public outpouring of emotion is similar to that which greeted the death of his father - Eternal President Kim Il Sung in 1984.<br/> Sunita Rappai, Reuters

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