At Song Do Wan summer camp outside the port town of Wonsan on the east coast, Young Pioneers race excitedly to their dorms, unpacking suitcases beneath portraits of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il.
They seemed to be in a competition to wear the most Kim Il-Sung buttons they could pin onto their clothing (Kim Il-Sung was the father of Kim Jong-Il and eternal president of North Korea).
In Pyongyang, workers, soldiers and children gather in front of towering bronze casts or giant mosaics of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, taking it in turn to shuffle forwards in lines and bow.
Protesters in South Korea's capital, Seoul, burned portraits of Kim Jong-un, his father Kim Jong-il, and grandfather Kim Il-sung on Monday.
The satellite is now transmitting the melody of the immortal revolutionary hymns "song of General Kim Il-sung" and "song of General Kim Chong-il" and the morse signals "chuche Korea" in 27 MHz.
On Monday, the country's top leaders gathered at the mausoleum where the embalmed bodies of both Kim Jong-il and his father, national founder Kim Il-sung, lie.
North Korea's leader Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il were determined to stop it.
It is a first glimpse of the extraordinary cult of personality built around Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il.
"In North Korea everything was about the Kingdom of Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il, " she says.
Apparently the practice dates back to the 1970s, when slogans praising North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il were carved into a famous mountain.
The country's leader Kim Jong-il and his father, the North's founder Kim Il-sung, both have flowers named after them.
Life in North Korea is utterly dominated by the cult of personality surrounding its late President Kim Il-sung, known as the Great Leader, and his son, Kim Jong-il, the Dear Leader.
"Respected Comrade Kim Jong-un is our party, military and country's supreme leader who inherits great comrade Kim Jong-il's ideology, leadership, character, virtues, grit and courage, " Kim Yong-nam told the massive crowd gathered in Kim Il-sung square.
Inside North Korea, citizens appear to be mourning Mr Kim - their leader since the death of his father Kim Il-sung in 1994.
Others pointed out that Kim -- now 64 years old -- is around the same age as Kim Il-Sung was when he made the vital, if predictable, announcement.
The country recently celebrated the 101st anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-Sung, who was the grandfather of Kim Jong-Un.
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In her confession, Kim made it clear that the orders to bomb the plane had come directly from Kim Il-sung or his son and heir-apparent, Kim Jong-il.
The North said the launch - between 12 and 16 April - would mark the 100th birthday of former leader Kim Il-sung.
He says one key date for a launch could be Monday - the birthday of the North Korean state's late founder, Kim Il-sung.
Mr. President, you just visited the DMZ this morning, and today the North Koreans are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung and so they were having this big parade in North Korea, also celebrating the new leadership of Kim Jung-un.
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He had ruled North Korea since the death of his father Kim Il-sung in 1994.
She was also seen attending a concert marking the 60th anniversary of the Kim Il-sung Military University with her husband.
The announcement of the meeting came as North Korea marked the 101st anniversary of the birth of founding father Kim Il-sung.
Kim Jong-il, thought to be in poor health, came to power in 1994, following the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
The launch is scheduled for 12-16 April, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country late Great Leader Kim Il-sung.
Kim Il-sung founded the nation of North Korea in 1948 on policy of self-reliance, and built a cult of personality around him and his son.
He says Kim's unpredictable brinksmanship isn't so much a reflection of his personality, it's a characteristic inherited from his father, the country's former leader, Kim Il-sung.
Others pointed out that Kim now 64 years old is around the same age as Kim Il-Sung was when he made the vital, if predictable, announcement.
At this time last year, North Korea launched a rocket with the stated aim of putting a satellite into orbit to mark the 100th anniversary of Kim Il-sung's birth.
There was speculation that the North would use Kim Il-sung's birth anniversary for a missile launch, following reports that it had moved at least two Musudan ballistic missiles to its east coast.
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