In this Korean Central News Agency photo released by Korea News Service in Tokyo, high-ranking North Korean officials and foreign guests sit on stage with backdrop of a giant portrait of late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and its national flag during a national meeting held at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008 on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the country. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, son of Kim Il Sung, did not attend the meeting, Korea News Service said. AP Photo logo AP Photo 9 months ago

In this Korean Central News Agency photo released by Korea News Service in Tokyo, high-ranking North Korean officials and foreign guests sit on stage with backdrop of a giant portrait of late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and its national flag during a national meeting held at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008 on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the country. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, son of Kim Il Sung, did not attend the meeting, Korea News Service said.

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  2. South Korean conservative activists march as they hold cutouts of North Korea's late leader Kim Il Sung, left, and current leader Kim Jong Il during a rally denouncing North's nuclear program in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 25, 2009. North Korea vowed Thursday to enlarge its atomic arsenal and warned of a "fire shower of nuclear retaliation" in the event of any U.S. attack, as the regime marked the 1950 outbreak of the Korean War amid heightened tensions. Kim Jong Il cutout reads: "Out, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un."
  3. In this image taken from APTN, North Korean attend a ceremony to celebrate the underground nuclear test, with the portraits of North Korean late founding father Kim Il Sung, center left, and his son Kim Jong Il, center right, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. North Korea, facing a storm of international criticism for its nuclear test, blamed Washington on Tuesday for creating tensions in the region and said the United States is preparing an attack.
  4. A South Korean boy points pictures of North's late founding father Kim Il Sung, left, and son Kim Jong Il at observation post near the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. North Korea celebrated the birthday Wednesday of late founding father Kim Il Sung amid international censure over the regime's threats to restart its nuclear program, expel U.N. inspectors and quit international disarmament talks.
  5. North Koreans take part in a mass rally marking anti-U.S. Day at the Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang on the 59th anniversary of the start of the Korean War (1950-53) June 25, 2009, in this picture released by North Korea�s official news agency KCNA. The red banners read, "Exterminate the U.S. invader, North Korean's sworn enemy!" QUALITY FROM SOURCE.
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  8. North Korean students take part in a rally held to commemorate the June 25 Anti-U.S. Day in Shinchon, South Hwanghae province, North Korea, June 22, 2009 in this picture released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency on June 23, 2009. The red banner (front) reads, "Completely carry through the teachings left by "Great leader" Kim Il-sung about reunification". Picture taken June 22, 2009.
  9. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits a mine at the Komduck mine district in South Hamkgyong province, North Korea, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA May 21, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken.
  10. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (L) visits the newly built Seojung middle school at Rakwon county, South Hamkyong province, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA April 30, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken.
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  14. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (front) visits the 10215 military unit's university at an undisclosed place in North Korea, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA May 6, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken.
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  16. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd L) visits the newly built Ryongwon power plant in North Korea, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA April 19, 2009. North Korea made a rare proposal on Saturday for talks with the South over a joint industrial park just north of the border where the communist state has been holding a South Korean worker captive for weeks. The letters read, "When the Ryongwon (power plant is built)".

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