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NORTH KOREA - KRAZY FOR KIM

As you probably read in Inside Pyongyang, people in North Korea are very fond of images of their beloved leader (and all-around amazing dude) Kim Jong-Il, and his father and former leader Kim Il-Sung. The pictures have to be hung a certain way so no sunlight can harm them and constantly venerated in the places where they hang -- which is pretty much everywhere - homes, offices, trains, etc. North Koreans are so attached to depictions of the dictators that a couple of them drowned trying to save portraits which were washed away during the recent floods in Hoeyang.