FILE - In this April 25, 2002 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il claps from the balcony as soldiers salute him during a military parade, celebrating the foundation of the armed forces in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim has been staying in an eastern coastal villa since mid-May apparently to convalesce from his reported stroke last year, a South Korean newspaper reported Sunday. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

FILE - In this April 25, 2002 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il claps from the balcony as soldiers salute him during a military parade, celebrating the foundation of the armed forces in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim has been staying in an eastern coastal villa since mid-May apparently to convalesce from his reported stroke last year, a South Korean newspaper reported Sunday.

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