BEIJING/SEOUL: Kim Jong-un, the third in a dynasty that has ruled North Korea since its foundation in 1948, paid homage to his dead father Tuesday as the isolated country appeared to cut itself off even more from the outside world.
While U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clintonurged North Korea to follow a "path of peace," diplomats and commentators were struggling to understand what would happen as it transitions from the 17-year iron rule of Kim Jong-il, 69 years old when he died Saturday, to that of his untested son, in his late 20s.
"Kimjongilia" flowers named after him. Emphasising the ruling family's lineage, Kim Jong-il's bier was placed in the mausoleum where the embalmed body of founding father Kim Il-sung is displayed in a glass sarcophagus.
State news agency KCNA said the visitors were "wailing over the sudden and grievous death of Kim Jong-il." South Korean workers returning from an industrial park in the North said theatmosphere there was "normal but solemn." North Korea has said it does not want foreign dignitaries to attend the Dec 28 funeral and China said it had noted that, although it later said that the country's leadership was welcome to visit China "at a convenient time."
North Korean media lauded Kim Jong-il as the "Great Father of the People" and reported that he had made several public appearances in the past week.
While U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clintonurged North Korea to follow a "path of peace," diplomats and commentators were struggling to understand what would happen as it transitions from the 17-year iron rule of Kim Jong-il, 69 years old when he died Saturday, to that of his untested son, in his late 20s.
"Kimjongilia" flowers named after him. Emphasising the ruling family's lineage, Kim Jong-il's bier was placed in the mausoleum where the embalmed body of founding father Kim Il-sung is displayed in a glass sarcophagus.
State news agency KCNA said the visitors were "wailing over the sudden and grievous death of Kim Jong-il." South Korean workers returning from an industrial park in the North said theatmosphere there was "normal but solemn." North Korea has said it does not want foreign dignitaries to attend the Dec 28 funeral and China said it had noted that, although it later said that the country's leadership was welcome to visit China "at a convenient time."
North Korean media lauded Kim Jong-il as the "Great Father of the People" and reported that he had made several public appearances in the past week.
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