North Korea blows off the cobwebs In this Korean Central News Agency photo taken on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 and distributed by Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korea leader Kim Jong Il, center in the front row, and high ranking North Korean officials sit in front of a giant red flag with an image of his father late Kim Il Sung during a gathering at an auditorium in the capital Pyongyang to mark the 15th anniversary of the death of the country's late founder. CommunismN KoreaPhotosPoliticsWikipedia: North Korea
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