Kim Jong Un paid tribute to late father

New North Korean leader Kim Jong Un bowed before the coffin of his father, who died on Saturday, the leader Kim Jong Il, giving him a tribute - state mediareported today in Pyongyang.

"Comrade Kim Jong Un, he went before the coffin of Comrade Kim Jong Il with the representatives of the party, government and military to express their pain and send condolences" - said official news agency KCNA.

North Korean media provide the stage of collective mourning in North Korea after yesterday about the death of Kim Jong Il, who died of a heart attack. The funeral of the deceased leader is to be held December 28.

Kim Jong Un was anointed successor to Kim Jong Il, the latter himself seized power in 1994 after the death of his father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, who inaugurated the first communist dynasty the world.

Is the death of Kim Jong Il will help the democratization of life in North Korea?

Even today, refugees from the North, who found refuge in South Korea, and South Korean human rights advocates said they want to send balloons toward North Korea dozens of leaflets denouncing the regime of Kim Jong Il. Tomorrow they fly into the sky balloons from around 200 thousand. leaflets criticizing Kim dynasty.

One of the leaders of Park Sang-Hak said that the death of Kim Jong Il is a "cause for joy and a source of hope for all Koreans in the South and North, who want freedom and human rights."



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