TV news report the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il at a Labi Yamada Denki Co. retailer in Tokyo, Japan.
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Officials at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, China, lower the national flag in the morning of 19 December 2011. Earlier in the day, the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in an urgent dispatch that Kim died of a heart attack during a train ride on a field guidance trip on 17 December 2011.
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An elderly South Korean man from a conservative, right-wing and anti-North Korean civic group, holds an extra edition of a local newspaper reporting the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il at a rally in Seoul December 19, 2011
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A woman holding flowers arrives at the North Korea embassy to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Beijing.
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A file photo dated 25 August 2011 shows the North Korean leader leaving after his meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in eastern Siberia, Russia.
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Kim Jong-il returns a salute as he reviews a military parade in Pyongyang during celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the communist party in this October 10, 2005 file photo.
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This photo taken 19 August 1981 and recently released shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (sitting-L) sitting with his son, Jong-Nam (sitting-R), Kim's sister-in-law Sung Hye-Rang (L-top), Sung's daughter Lee Nam-Ok (C-top) and son Lee Il-Nam (R-top).
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Kim Jong-il unveiled his third son Kim Jong-Un, seen here with his father in this October 10, 2010 file photo, as his successor a year ago.
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Kim Jong-il (front 2nd R) wearing sunglasses, his son Kim Jong-un in black suit (front 2nd L) and other officials pose with soldiers in an undisclosed location in North Korea in this undated picture released by the North's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang.
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Kim Jong-il (C) and son Jong-un (2nd L) visit commercial centre of Gwangbok District in this picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang.
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In this April 1981 file photo, Kim Jong-il gestures while taking a stroll with his father, Kim Il Sung, right, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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In this August 27, 2010 photo released by China's official Xinhua news agency, Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, meets with Kim Jong-il in Changchun, in northeast China's Jilin province.
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In this August 4, 2009 file photo former U.S. president Bill Clinton and Kim Jong-il pose for a picture in Pyongyang.
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The North Korean leader has died of heart failure at the age of 69.
