Funeral Ceremony
Top Government officials were amongst those present for the memorial service also military officers and over a hundred thousand civilians were present.
Mourners mostly wearing black winter coats, stood in silence in the square.
Kim Jong-un, who will take over the reins of power in the reclusive state, listened as senior officials eulogised his father.
Kim Yong-nam, the number two official of the state, as the President of the Presidium of North Korea’s Supreme People’s assembly, said the leadership succession left in place by Kim Jong-il was a “precious accomplishment” for the country.
Kim Jong-un will become the third member of the family to run the unpredictable North Asian country as it enters 2012, the year that was supposed to mark its self-proclaimed transformation into a “strong and prosperous” nation.
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