'Kim Jong Il Was A Lovely Man', Says Mugabe As Son Of North Korea's Deceased Leader Prepares To Lead Country With Help Of His Uncle -- Daily Mail
* First time since end of WW2 a sole dictator will not be in charge
* Backing of military calms fears of coup
* Smooth transition will mean 'little change' for impoverished citizens
* South Korean activists send propaganda balloons over border
* Zimbabwe says Kim Jong Il was 'a lovely man'
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party has described Kim Jong Il as 'a lovely man'.
The dead North Korean leader was involved in the training and equipping of a para-military group in the African country in the early 1980s.
Mugabe sought help to train the infamous Fifth Brigade unit - which killed almost 20,000 people in an operation named Gukurahundi, meaning the first rains that wash the chaff. It has since been described as genocide.
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