A funeral procession with the coffin is expected to drive through the streets of Pyongyang as part of the proceedings, for which no programme was made public.<br /><br />Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans were expected to gather on Pyongyang's chilly streets to bid a final farewell to their leader.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Steve Chao has more on Kim Jong-un's role, where he reports from Yeonpyeong Island.
