Kim Jong-il: Difference between revisions

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According to the ''Sunday Telegraph'', Jong-il had US$4 billion on deposit in European banks in case he ever needed to flee North Korea. The ''Sunday Telegraph'' reported that most of the money was in banks in Luxembourg.

==Death ~~and funeral~~==

==Death==

[[File:Kim_death.png|thumb|Jong-il's funeral ceremony]]

It was reported that Jong-il had died of a suspected heart attack on December 17, 2011 at 8:30 while traveling by train to an area outside Pyongyang. However, it was reported in December 2012 that he had died "in a fit of rage" over construction faults at a crucial power plant project at Huichon in Jagang Province. Jong-il was succeeded by his youngest son [[Kim Jong-un]], who was hailed by the Korean Central News Agency as the "Great Successor". The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) report that during his death, a fierce snowstorm paused and the sky glowed red above the sacred Mount Paektu. The ice on a famous lake also cracked so loud, it seemed to shake the Heavens and the Earth.

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 According to the ''Sunday Telegraph'', Jong-il had US$4 billion on deposit in European banks in case he ever needed to flee North Korea. The ''Sunday Telegraph'' reported that most of the money was in banks in Luxembourg.
-==Death and funeral==
+==Death==
+[[File:Kim_death.png|thumb|Jong-il's funeral ceremony]]
 It was reported that Jong-il had died of a suspected heart attack on December 17, 2011 at 8:30 while traveling by train to an area outside Pyongyang. However, it was reported in December 2012 that he had died "in a fit of rage" over construction faults at a crucial power plant project at Huichon in Jagang Province. Jong-il was succeeded by his youngest son [[Kim Jong-un]], who was hailed by the Korean Central News Agency as the "Great Successor". The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) report that during his death, a fierce snowstorm paused and the sky glowed red above the sacred Mount Paektu. The ice on a famous lake also cracked so loud, it seemed to shake the Heavens and the Earth.