ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />North Korea held a ceremony for eternal President Kim Il-sung on Saturday (April 14), the eve of his 100th birthday celebrations and a day after the failure of a much-hyped rocket launch.<br/> <br />Over 50,000 people cheered and clapped in Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung stadium as Kim Jong-un, Kim Il-sung's grandson, walked out onto the balcony waving.<br/> <br />Kim Jong-un became leader of the reclusive state when his father Kim Jong-il died in December and on Friday (April 13) received the country's top military post, completing his rise to power.<br/> <br />The untested young Kim, believed to be in his late 20s, faces international outrage after his country went ahead with a rocket launch on Friday, despite international condemnation.<br/> <br />The rocket, which North Korea said would launch a satellite but which the U.S and its allies called a disguised ballistic missile test, is thought to have landed in the sea minutes after taking off.<br/> <br />Soldiers roared and chanted Kim Jong-un's name as he walked away from the balcony.<br/> <br />Following the embarrassment of the failed launch, the isolated North is now widely expected to press ahead with its third nuclear test to show its military strength.
