{"id":18397,"date":"2012-02-13T14:54:35","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T05:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=18397"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:54:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:54:04","slug":"216-unlikely-to-fizz-abnormally-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/216-unlikely-to-fizz-abnormally-in\/","title":{"rendered":"2.16 Unlikely to Fizz Abnormally in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea is devoting itself to preparing celebrations for the anniversary of Kim Il Sung\u2019s birth on April 15th to a considerably greater extent than for that of Kim Jong Il, which falls this Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>An official from the Ministry of Unification commented today, \u201cNorth Korea is in the midst of preparing for Kim Jong Il\u2019s birthday, but it seems like it won\u2019t exceed the existing level at all. It appears that they are putting more weight on Kim Il Sung\u2019s birthday on April 15th.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor North Korea to pay out a lot for both the two events would be difficult,\u201d the official added by way of possible explanation for the North Korean approach. \u201cNorth Korea at this point looks to be focusing on preparing bigger events for Kim Il Sung\u2019s birthday than for Kim Jong Il.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Ministry of Unification also noted in a briefing earlier today that the government is in the middle of working to establish precisely what North Korea is preparing for February 16th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNaturally, North Korea will celebrate it meaningfully,\u201d the spokesperson conceded, before reaffirming, \u201cbut, primarily it appears to be at the level of last year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea is devoting itself to preparing celebrations for the anniversary of Kim Il Sung\u2019s birth on April 15th to a considerably greater extent than for that of Kim Jong Il, which falls this Thursday. 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