Kim Jong-il burial: Great sorrow in Pyongyang

Former North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il was honored by hundreds of thousands of people on December 28, 2011. The program of his the funeral ceremony was not made public (scroll down for video).

The funeral of Kim Jong-il took place in Pyongyang Wednesday morning and the ceremony started at 10.00 a.m. local time.

The first phase of the ceremony was held at the capital’s Kumsusan mausoleum where the inert body of regime’s most powerful man was placed in a glass coffin.

The proceedings were led by Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il’s youngest son and his successor as well. Kim Jong-un was appointed as heir, head of the military and leader of the communist party.

Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans took to the streets of Pyongyang on Wednesday to attend the ceremony whose details were not known because the regime has not provided information in this regard.

Kim Jong-il funeral procession took place in Pyongyang on Wednesday 28 Dec. 2011. Photo:Mediafax

As previously, the people burst into sobbing at the sight of the coffin. Kim Jong-il’s funeral was identical as that of 1994 when his father Kim Il-sung died. No foreign official was invited to take part at the ceremony. A North Korean newspaper announced that hundreds of trucks loaded with flowers crossed the border from China into North Korea.

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Behind the first car there was another limo overwhelmed by wreath of white flowers, followed by a vehicle carrying the coffin with the corpse of Kim Jong-il.

After about three hours while the procession scrambled along the main streets of the capital, the funeral ended. It is not known whether Jong-il’s body will be buried or embalmed and laid at the Memorial Palace in Pyongyang.

Kim Jong-il died on December 17 following a cardiac arrest. The official announcement of his death was made two days later. Since then, North Korea is in mourning, and people grieve day and night their leader’s disappearance.

Kim Jong-un, youngest son of country’s “Dear leader”, was appointed as successor to leadership of the country. Unexperienced Kim Jong-un’s personality and intentions remain a mystery, so experts expect some form of “Regent” in which his uncle to actually lead the country.

Video: Kim Jong-Il funeral procession in Pyongyang on December 28, 2011

3 Responses

  1. Simon says:

    There has been crying for two reasons:
    1. By the brutal order of the Communist Party (and who does not cry is compromised for good);
    2. By the great fear of the young successor, not to be more terrible than Kim Jong-il.
    * I know the feeling after Ceauşescu’s Era, but now (again) begins to frighten me the new Băsescu’s Era, which is even more tricky & perverse, the new form of communism disguised so well as ‘Orange’ democracy. The European Union must be careful & have some lucid eyes with this form of leadership !!! 🙁

  2. foxcrawl says:

    As I read, you’ll become more horrified of Basescu than Ceausescu:)

    • Simon says:

      Clearly, proven and without any doubt, Băsescu is the most weakest and incompetent President of Romania in history.
      However, even foreign press knows well for a long time about the ‘economic sins’ of this sailor.. which is capable by his stupidity to sink a whole fleet: http://www.scribd.com/doc/49195948/basescu-The-Shame-of-Romania 🙁
      Happy New Year, FoxCrawl team & friends !
      All the Best for 2012 !!! 😉