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Published December 18, 2011, 12:00 AM

Kim Jong Il


Associated press

In this 2002 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (right) applauds with Kim Yong Nam, president of the People's Congress from the balcony of a building during a military parade, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of North Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean television announced Monday in a "special broadcast" that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang.

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