The body of North Korea’s long-time ruler Kim Jong Il was laid

The body of North Korea’s long-time ruler Kim Jong Il was laid out in a glass coffin Tuesday as weeping mourners filled public plazas and state media fed a budding personality cult around his third son, hailing him as “born of heaven.”

North Korea’s official television showed still photos of Kim in the coffin surrounded by wreaths, his body covered with a red blanket and his head on a white pillow. A giant red curtain covered a wall behind Kim.

Kim Jong Un — Kim’s third son and successor — visited the coffin along with top military and Workers’ Party officials and held a “solemn ceremony” as the country mourned, state TV said.

Source CBS/AP