Bowing to the bronze statues of their late leaders Kim il-Sung and Kim Jong-iI in North
Korea (Picture: AP)
Huge crowds of flower-bearing North Koreans on Sunday filed past statues and portraits
of their leaders to pay their respects on the sixth anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Un’s
father, Kim Jong-il.
Sombre music was played in public spaces to encourage the mass
mourning of Kim Jong-iI and North Koreans are expected to avoid drinking, entertainment
and inappropriate displays of enjoyment on the day.
Several thousands climbed hills and filled town squares in order to carry out this duty of
bowing down to the statues of current leader Kim Jong-un, his father and his grandfather
and founder of the country Kim-iI Sung.
The elder Kims lie in state in a mausoleum on the outskirts of the capital and the top
echelons of the regime all visited at midnight to pay their respects.
However, one huge homage to Kim's father which was not publicly pictured is the multi-
million pound pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel, which was meant to be one of the tallest
buildings in the world but has yet to be completed.
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