Pyongyang to preserve Kim for posterity
By Andrei Lankov
SEOUL - There is little doubt about what is going to happen to late North Korea leader Kim Jong-il’s body; there is an established tradition going back to the early days of the Soviet Union of what should be done. It might appear rather gruesome, but for decades it was seen as something quite natural from Prague to Hanoi.
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