N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

TOKYO, Japan - A man watches TV news reporting the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at an electronic appliance store in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Dec. 19, 2011. North Korea announced the same day that Kim died on Dec. 17, 2011. He was 69.

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