North Korea leaders view Kim Jong Il body, state media boosts son as ‘born of heaven’

PYONGYANG, North Korea — The body of North Korea's long-time ruler Kim Jong Il was laid out in a memorial palace Tuesday as weeping mourners filled public plazas and state media fed a budding personality cult around his third son, hailing him as "born of heaven."

Indicating that the leadership transition in the communist dynasty is on track, Kim Jong Un — Kim's youngest known son and successor — visited the body with top military and Workers' Party officials and held what state media called a "solemn ceremony" in the capital, Pyongyang, as the country mourned.

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Rosalind S. Helderman, Paul Kane, Felicia Sonmez 20 Dec, 2011


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