Son sobs as 'millions' mourn Kim
North Korea said yesterday that millions of grief-stricken people turned out to mourn "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-Il, whose death has left the world scrambling for details about his young successor.
The North's propaganda machine has cranked into action to secure the late dictator's legacy and build up the same personality cult for his youngest son Kim Jong-Un, who inherits the world's last communist dynasty.
Television footage broadcast yesterday showed tears streaming down Jong-Un's reddened face as he stood before his father's body.
It lies in state in a glass coffin at Pyongyang's Kumsusan Memorial Palace, surrounded by red Kimjongilia flowers named after the leader.
whose death aged 69 was announced on Monday by a tearful television presenter.
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