{"id":17654,"date":"2011-12-19T13:57:52","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T04:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=17654"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:47:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:47:30","slug":"12-days-of-mourning-for-kim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/12-days-of-mourning-for-kim\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Days of Mourning for Kim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea has announced that it has entered a period of formal mourning following the death of Kim Jong Il lasting from the 17th, the day of his passing, until the 29th.<\/p>\n<p>The news was released in a brief communiqu&eacute; in the name of the \u2018State Funeral Committee\u2019, <\/p>\n<p>Chosun Central News Agency announced the news, stating, \u201cThe body of National Defense Commission Chairman Kim will lie in state at Kumsusan Memorial Palace during the period of mourning from the 17th to the 29th. Visitors will be received between the 20th and 27th. The ceremony for his parting will be performed on the 28th in Pyongyang.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCentral memorial meetings to honor Chairman Kim will open on the 29th,\u201d it went on. \u201cAt that time in Pyongyang and sites in every province there will be an artillery salute and 3 minutes silence, and all official vehicles and vessels will sound their horns.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea has announced that it has entered a period of formal mourning following the death of Kim Jong Il lasting from the 17th, the day of his passing, until the 29th. 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