Low-key celebrations for North Korea's founder in face of coronavirus

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Low-key celebrations for North Korea's founder in face of coronavirus
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SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea marked the anniversary of the birth of its founder Kim Il Sung in subdued fashion Wednesday (April 15), with mask-wearing citizens placing flowers before his statue in Pyongyang as the country imposes strict anti-coronavirus measures.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SEOUL - North Korea marked the anniversary of the birth of its founder Kim Il Sung in subdued fashion Wednesday , with mask-wearing citizens placing flowers before his statue in Pyongyang as the country imposes strict anti-coronavirus measures.

Pyongyang residents arrived at Mansu hill, where giant bronze statues of Kim and his son and successor Kim Jong Il gaze out over the capital, to lay flowers at their base. In normal times hundreds of baskets would stand in front of the statues by mid-morning, with a thick layer of flowers placed at their base, but far fewer were to be seen at the same time Wednesday.

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