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N.Korea builds 'shrine' to leader's likely successor
This picture shows alleged photographs of Kim Jong-Un -- the youngest son of ailing North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il -- which featured in South Korean newspaper Munhwa Ilbo on June 16, 2009. The secretive communist state is creating a quasi-shrine to Jong-Un, 27, as it builds up a personality cult around the likely successor, according to reports. (image: AFP/file - AFP)
North Korea is creating a quasi-shrine to the youngest son of ailing leader Kim Jong-Il as it builds up a personality cult around the likely successor, reports said Friday.
There have been widespread reports that Kim Jong-Un, 27, is being groomed to take over from his 68-year-old father Jong-Il, who suffered a stroke in August 2008.
The secretive communist state is transforming the proclaimed birthplace of Jong-Un into a kind of shrine, Tokyo-based activist Lee Young-Hwa told Chosun Ilbo newspaper.
