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In this Jan. 6, 2012, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korean farmers hold a rally in support for the country's Worker's Party policies in Nampo, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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Thousands of North Koreans gather in Pyongyang, North Korea, at Kim Il Sung Square to hold a mass rally in support for their country's policies and new leader Kim Jong Un on Jan. 3, 2012. The banner carried reads, "Let's uphold thoroughly Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il's legacy." (Associated Press)
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TIES THAT BIND: North Korea's "supreme leader," Kim Jong-un, speaks with a soldier on New Year's Day during his inspection of a tank division to congratulate members of the Korean People's Army. (Korean Central News Agency via Associated Press)
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"People will be analyzing public appearances, rosters, who was standing next to whom, who was suddenly absent, who suddenly disappears," says Andrei Lankov, a North Korea specialist at Seoul's Kookmin University of the world's interest in the North's new leader, Kim Jong-un, seen inspecting the New Year's Day spread at a military post. (Korean Central News Agency via Associated Press)
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service on Thursday, Dec. 29, North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un, center, with officials, pays respects to late leader Kim Jong Il, during the funeral at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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In this image made from KRT video, North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un is seen during a memorial service for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/KRT via APTN)
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** FILE ** In this image made from KRT video, Kim Jong-un, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's youngest son and successor, salutes during the funeral for his father at the end of a procession outside Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/KRT via APTN)
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Mourners cry during the funeral procession for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Mourners cry during the funeral procession for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo, Dec. 29, 2011 by the Korea News Service, mourners surround the hearse carrying the coffin of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during his funeral procession through the streets of Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo, Dec. 29, 2011 by the Korea News Service, the hearse carrying late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is driven past during his funeral procession in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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A hearse carrying the coffin of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il makes its way during his funeral procession. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Pyongyang residents sweep snow from the streets before the funeral procession for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. (AP Photo)
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Pyongyang residents sweep snow from the streets before the funeral procession for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo)
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A portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is carried past mourners during his funeral procession. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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A portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is carried past mourners during his funeral procession through the streets of Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Mourners cry during the funeral procession for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Kim Jong-un, the youngest son and designated successor to the late Kim Jong-il as North Korean dictator, salutes during the funeral for his father in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo)
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In this image made from KRT video, Kim Jong-un (center), Kim Jong-il's youngest son and successor, walks next to his father's hearse during a funeral procession for the late North Korean leader in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/KRT via APTN)
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Koreans gather in front of a huge portrait of their late leader Kim Jong-il to mourn his death in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
