All Eyes On Korean Peninsula Following Kim Jong Ils Death
Author: alice Date: 14 November, Category: Fact, Visits 3164
Pro-unification messages hang on the barbed wire at the Imjingak, near the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating South and North Korea on December 20, 2011 in Paju, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Tourists use binoculars to look over the North Korea at the Imjingak observation post on December 20, 2011 in Paju, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
The North Korean village of Gaepung-Gun and its inhabitants are seen from a South Korean observation post on December 20, 2011 in Gwanghwa, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
A South Korean military vehicle drives past barricades at the military check point, near the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating South and North Korea on December 20, 2011 in Paju, South Korea. Kim Jong Il, aged 69, died Saturday after reportedly suffering a heart attack. Reports claim mourners will be permitted to view the body between December 20 – 27, with a state funeral to be held on December 28. Il will be succeeded by his third son, Kim Jon Un. The death of the North Korean leader has brought uncertainty across the region both in terms of Asian financial markets, which fell overnight and militarily with the knowledge that North Korea has a nuclear progromme. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)