North Korea holds late leader's funeral
Source: Al Jazeera
Weeping crowds line Pyongyang's streets as Kim Jong-il's coffin, escorted by his son, is taken to the national palace.
North Korea's military has staged a huge funeral procession in the snowy streets of the capital, Pyongyang, for its deceased "dear leader", Kim Jong-il, readying a transition to his son, Kim Jong-un.
Pictures from state television showed a funeral cortege led by a limousine carrying a huge picture of the 69-year old, who died on December 17, passing ranks of uniformed soldiers whose bare heads were bowed in homage in Pyonyang's main square.
A hearse carrying the coffin was led by a weeping Kim Jong-un, accompanied by Jang Song-thaek, his uncle and a crucial power-broker in the transition, and Ri Yong-ho, the army chief of staff.
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