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China's public security minister Meng Jianzhu (L) is greeted by North Korean official upon his arrival at an airport in Pyongyang in this picture released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency February 13, 2011. A top Chinese official has backed ailing North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's plans to hand power to his son, the North's state media said on Tuesday, hailing the "successful solution" to allow continued socialist rule.
A TV screen shows a South Korean program of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's birthday, at the North Korea exhibition hall of the unification observation post near the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. North Koreans celebrate their leader Kim Jong Il's upcoming 69th birthday, Feb. 16, one of the country's most important holidays. The Korean read " Magnificent, Birthday Party."
South Koreans watch a file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il as a TV program reports on Kim's birthday, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. In past years, the authoritarian leader has celebrated his birthday by handing out gifts ranging from rice to Rolexes, an annual attempt to buy loyalty and stability. As Kim celebrates his 69th birthday Wednesday, however, the gift baskets may be lighter and knockoff Gucci could replace the real thing. With North Korea begging other countries for food handouts and newly tightened international sanctions squeezing Kim's ability to secure foreign merchandise, North Koreans might see a curtailed celebration this year.
In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, synchronized swimmers perform in the celebration of the Feb. 16 birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the swimming pool of the Changgwang Health Complex on Feb. 15.
North Korean hotel workers dance to celebrate the 69th birthday of their leader, Kim Jong Il, in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. It's a North Korean version of Christmas, with Kim Jong Il playing Santa Claus. In past years, the authoritarian leader has celebrated his birthday by handing out gifts ranging from rice to Rolexes, an annual attempt to buy loyalty and stability.
North Korean citizens attend a flower show celebrating the 69th birthday of their leader, Kim Jong Il, in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011.
South Korean naval vessels patrol in formation during a drill to commemorate the first anniversary of the sinking of naval ship Cheonan in the sea off Yeonpyeong Island March 27, 2011. The sinking of the South Korean vessel on March 26, 2010 deepened tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul and hurt Chinese ties with South Korea. South Korea lost 46 sailors when Cheonan sank off the south Baengnyeong Island, near the disputed sea border with the north. Seoul said an inquiry found there was no doubt North Korea torpedoed the ship, but Pyongyang denied it was responsible.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak stands in front of portraits of the 46 deceased sailors from the sunken naval ship Cheonan after offering flowers during the first anniversary of the vessel's sinking at a national cemetery in Daejeon, about 160 km (100 miles) south of Seoul March 26, 2011.
Mourners pay a silent tribute in front of graves of the 46 deceased sailors from the sunken naval ship Cheonan.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak touches the grave of one of the 46 deceased sailors from the sunken naval ship Cheonan during the first anniversary of Cheonan's sinking at a national cemetery in Daejeon, about 160 km (100 miles) south of Seoul March 26, 2011.
