North Korea Celebrates Kim Jong-il's birthday -- The Telegraph
North Korea has celebrated the 68th birthday of Kim Jong-il, the country's "Dear Leader" with an extravagant display of gun salutes, swimming displays and flower parades.
The celebrations took place at a time of enormous uncertainty in North Korea. Kim is in poor health and economic problems sparked the first protests the state has seen.
A move to revalue the currency last year, knocking two zeroes off the end of each bank note, apparently caused civil unrest in some parts of the country, especially following the poor harvest.
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N.Korea hails 'brilliant' Kim on his 68th birthday -- AFP
North Korea Celebrates Amid Internal Strife -- Wall Street Journal
Economy dogs North Korea's "brilliant" Kim on birthday -- Reuters
Kim Jong-il birthday is all about North Korea's succession -- Christian Science Monitor
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China arranging foreign investment deal for N.Korea: report -- AFP
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Happy Birthday Kim Jong IL -- Rick Moran, American Thinker
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