The Hero
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Farewell to a tyrant: Another show of state-controlled grief as Kim Jong Il's two-day funeral begins with procession past millions of North Koreans wailing in the snow
North Korea carried out a meticulously choreographed funeral for its late leader Kim Jong Il today and affirmed that the country was now in the 'warm care' of his son.
Kim's youngest son and successor, Kim Jong Un, walked slowly next to his father's hearse as mourners lining the procession route in Pyongyang wailed in ostentatious displays of grief.
Live footage from the North Korean capital is rarely seen outside of the insular communist dictatorship.
The tightly stage-managed funeral seemed to be a message from the country's ruling family that they remain in tight control despite the death of their figurehead.
'Sadly missed': A huge portrait of the late Kim Jong Il trundles through the snow during his funeral procession in Pyongyang, North Korea today
In mourning: North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un walks alongside the car carrying his father's coffin
No expense spared: The funeral procession of the late 'dear leader' Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea today as his son and successor Kim Jong Un accompanies the coffin
Dressed in a dark overcoat, the younger Kim - the focus of the proceedings - bowed his head slightly against the snow, and raised his right arm in salute to the late 'dear leader'.
Tens of thousands of mourners stood in freezing temperatures, wailing and holding onto each other for support as the parade passed by.
North Korea carried out a meticulously choreographed funeral for its late leader Kim Jong Il today and affirmed that the country was now in the 'warm care' of his son.
Kim's youngest son and successor, Kim Jong Un, walked slowly next to his father's hearse as mourners lining the procession route in Pyongyang wailed in ostentatious displays of grief.
Live footage from the North Korean capital is rarely seen outside of the insular communist dictatorship.
The tightly stage-managed funeral seemed to be a message from the country's ruling family that they remain in tight control despite the death of their figurehead.
In mourning: North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un walks alongside the car carrying his father's coffin
Dressed in a dark overcoat, the younger Kim - the focus of the proceedings - bowed his head slightly against the snow, and raised his right arm in salute to the late 'dear leader'.
Tens of thousands of mourners stood in freezing temperatures, wailing and holding onto each other for support as the parade passed by.