Kim orders status reinstatement of late N. Korean dancer

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 30 shows the grave set up in February in the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery outside Pyongyang of Choi Sung Hui, a North Korean dancer who was popular in Japan before and during World War II. The grave was set up after N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il ordered the reinstatement of the status of the late dancer.

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