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Swallows in mourning - official
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SEOUL (AFP) - Even the birds and the heavens above North Korea
mourned the passing of the "Great Leader", according to the
country's official media.
Pyongyang Radio said a swallow flew into a classroom in the
western city of Nampo last week and "wept for 10 minutes", then
"prayed for five minutes" in front of a portait of Kim Il Sung.
In Sungchon County, three wild geese wailed, circled three times
over a Kim...
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Szalontai, Balazs: Kim Il Sung in the Khrushchev Era: Soviet-DPRK Relations and the Roots of North Korean Despotism, 1953-1964.(Book review)
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; Who: Dick Adams What: A photo album that once belonged to Kim Il Sung's family. How long: At least 50 years. Why: "This is a part of my roots, Korea." As head of Presbyterian missions in Korea, Dick Adams's father was eager to see how the church's property had weathered World War II. Traveling on
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South Koreans Forbidden to Show Grief for Kim Il Sung
Morning Edition (NPR)
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A Year After His Death. Kim Still `In Charge' of N. Korea
Chicago Sun-Times
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The Washington Post
; The May 7 editorial "Standoff in North Korea" called North Koreans blind followers of Kim Il Sung and even compared them to Branch Davidians at Waco who perished along with David Koresh. The comparison is a grossly wrong and insulting one. North Koreans did not elect Kim Il Sung as their leader.
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Seoul crackdown over mourning for Kim Il Sung
The Independent - London
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Signs of struggle over Kim's coffin
The Independent - London
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North Korea's `Great Leader' Still Rules From the Grave
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