On December 28, 2011, North Korea held a grand state funeral for Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. The three-hour procession, led by his son Kim Jong Un, 27 years old, featured a hearse carrying Kim’s coffin and a limousine with his portrait. Thousands of mourners lined the snowy streets, displaying grief, some orchestrated, as soldiers saluted. The event, starting at Kumsusan Memorial Palace, echoed the 1994 funeral of Kim Il Sung. A 232-member funeral committee, chaired by Kim Jong Un, oversaw the cer
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Zachariah Moore on Instagram: "On December 28, 2011, North Korea held a massive state funeral for Kim Jong-il, who ruled the country from 1994 until his death. Footage from Pyongyang shows scenes of intense, collective mourning: soldiers in formation, civilians openly weeping, and crowds lining the streets in near-total silence. The scale and uniformity of the grief were unprecedented, reflecting both the nation’s strict political structure and the role of state-orchestrated symbolism. The funer
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Horrifying History on Instagram: "On December 28, 2011, North Korea staged a meticulously choreographed spectacle of grief for Kim Jong-il’s state funeral, transforming the streets of Pyongyang into a theater of collective mourning. As the hearse carrying the dictator’s body—wrapped in a red flag and flanked by goose-stepping soldiers—rolled through the capital, state television broadcast waves of citizens convulsing with dramatic sobs, their faces contorted in performative anguish. The scenes,
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Look Through History on Instagram: "Real or fake tears? The public funeral of North Korea’s Kim Il Sung in 1994. The official mourning period lasted for 10 days, during which the country was virtually shut down to honor Kim. Despite being dead, as part the country’s constitution Kim Ill Sung is the ‘Eternal Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’. The country also uses the Juche calendar dating from 1912, the year of Kim Il Sung’s birth meaning we are currently living in year 113. #
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