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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front left, carries the coffin of Marshal of the Korean People's Army Hyon Chol Hae at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, May 22, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
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Source: Associated Press
Kim Jong-un buries mentor amid North Korea Covid crisis
Associated Press
Mon 23 May 2022 06.26 BST
Last modified on Mon 23 May 2022 19.51 BST
Kim Jong-un attended the funeral for a top North Korean official, state media reported on Monday, helping carry his coffin, as the country maintained the much-disputed claim that its coronavirus outbreak is subsiding.
The official Korean Central News Agency said Kim attended the funeral on Sunday of Hyon Chol-hae, a Korean Peoples Army marshal who reportedly played a key role in grooming him as the countrys next leader before Kims father, Kim Jong-il, died in late 2011.
State media photos showed a bare-faced Kim Jong-un carrying Hyons coffin with other men wearing masks before he threw earth to his grave at the national cemetery. They showed many soldiers clad in olive-green uniforms saluting while other officials dressed in dark suits stood at attention.
KCNA said a great many soldiers and citizens earlier turned out along streets to express their condolences when Hyons coffin was moved to the cemetery.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/23/kim-jong-un-buries-mentor-amid-north-korea-covid-crisis
NQAS
(10,749 posts)Theyre wrapped around the outer hand of the pall bearers and then through the coffin handles. Is that symbolic of anything. Traditional? Just struck me.
Eugene
(61,592 posts)The stole is a traditional clerical vestment symbolizing of the martyrdom of Christ. Then again, red is also the color of communism.
mdelaguna
(471 posts)That would have been a story
asa4ever
(66 posts)But I also think of Abbott and Costello when I read a headline that starts with WHO.