SEOUL: North Korea celebrated the birth anniversary of founder Kim Il-sung, with current leader Kim Jong-un paying respects at his grandfather’s mausoleum, as rights groups highlighted his “horrific” human rights legacy.
At the stroke of midnight, Jong-un, accompanied by top military leaders, visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang – the mausoleum holding the embalmed body of his grandfather, the North’s official KCNA news agency said.
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