Press reports that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il’s portrait was removed are “a groundless fabrication,” said Ri Gyong-son, an official of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
“General Kim Jong-il is the fate of the Korean people and the DPRK’s socialism; it is unimaginable that the DPRK people and army can separate their fates from Kim Jong-Il,” he said.
“It is nothing but a stupid and ridiculous act, just like trying to remove the sun from the sky. The adoration for the leader originated from people’s life; it will never change.”