North Korea, whose personality cult surrounding its ruling family is like a
state religion, has built numerous monuments for its late founding leader
Kim Il-sung who died in 1994 and his son Kim Jong-il who died last December.
It has also carved messages praising the dynasty on hundreds of rocks and
cliffs.
The North unveiled a massive carving 120 metres wide across a natural rock
face to mark Kim Jong-il’s birthday in February.
In April, two giant statues of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il were unveiled in
Pyongyang, just hours after the North’s failed rocket launch.
The North has threatened attacks on the South’s government and conservative
media for perceived insults to its regime during Pyongyang’s April
commemoration of the centenary of Kim Il-sung’s birth.
Source: AFP
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