Friday, November 20, 2015

A Look At How North Korea Honours A Military Hero When He Dies



Popular Mechanics: When a Military Hero Dies in North Korea, His Funeral Hearse Is an APC

North Korea's oddly compelling send off to an longtime Army officer.

Marshal Ri Ul-sol, a long-serving military official in the North Korean People's Army, died earlier this month. His lavish, flower-adorned state funeral was attended by hundreds of politicians and military officials.

Marshal Ri got quite a sendoff. His casket, slow-walked by pallbearers in a procession led by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was rolled to a waiting armored personnel carrier. The procession was accompanied by an honor guard carrying chrome-plated Type 58 assault rifles.

WNU Editor: Even supreme leader Kim Jong Un was present at the funeral .... but he looked .... I cannot place my finger on it .... but at certain moments he looked dazed and "lost".

2 comments:

Jon said...

Can't wait to go back to my palace and play my xbox kind of look.

Ropestuff said...

It doesn't look like public attendance to procession was optional.