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The Chosun Shinbo, a pro-North Korean newspaper in Japan, reported Saturday that portraits of North Korea¡¯s leader Kim Jong-il had been removed from venues for international events, including the People¡¯s Palace of Culture (PPC).
This is the first time that North Korea has voluntarily confirmed foreign reports on the removal of Kim¡¯s portraits.
Citing a PPC official, the paper said in a Pyongyang dispatch that the removal was to show Kim¡¯s unchanged respect for his late father Kim Il-sung as an immortal fighter, although Kim himself is the nation¡¯s highest leader.
The paper also said homes and other public places still have the portraits of Kim Jong-il hung on the wall alongside those of Kim Il-sung.
(Kwon Kyong-bok, kkb@chosun.com )?
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