N. Korea's Kim to be enshrined
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January 13, 2012, Friday
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NORTH Korea said yesterday it will enshrine "eternal leader" Kim Jong Il's preserved body in the palace housing the body of his father, national founder Kim Il Sung, and labeled his February 16 birthday the "Day of the Shining Star."
The country will also erect a Kim Jong Il statue and set up portraits of a smiling Kim and build "towers to his immortality" across the country, North Korea said. "Shining Star" is also seen as a reference to Kim Jong Il's "military first" policy, which North Korea says his son Kim Jong Un will take up.
The North's state media have sought since Kim Jong Il's December 17 death to show Kim Jong Un as a strong, confident military leader.
North Korea has quickly handed Kim Jong Un a slew of his father's prominent titles and repeatedly connected him with his father and grandfather in an effort to add legitimacy to the young leader.
The new name for Kim Jong Il's birthday is another link to Kim Il Sung, whose birthday is called the "Day of the Sun."
The country will also erect a Kim Jong Il statue and set up portraits of a smiling Kim and build "towers to his immortality" across the country, North Korea said. "Shining Star" is also seen as a reference to Kim Jong Il's "military first" policy, which North Korea says his son Kim Jong Un will take up.
The North's state media have sought since Kim Jong Il's December 17 death to show Kim Jong Un as a strong, confident military leader.
North Korea has quickly handed Kim Jong Un a slew of his father's prominent titles and repeatedly connected him with his father and grandfather in an effort to add legitimacy to the young leader.
The new name for Kim Jong Il's birthday is another link to Kim Il Sung, whose birthday is called the "Day of the Sun."
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