{"id":11787,"date":"2011-12-29T03:12:40","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T03:12:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-12-29T03:12:40","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T03:12:40","slug":"I-want-the-Kim-Jong-Il-Kool-Aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=11787","title":{"rendered":"I want the Kim Jong-Il Kool-Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>North Korea staged a massive memorial service for Kim Jong-Il to end almost two weeks of official mourning, and formally declared his untested young son Jong-Un as the new supreme leader.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Addressing tens of thousands of troops and civilians packing a wintry Pyongyang square, ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-Nam praised the late leader for contributing to &#8220;global peace and stability of the 21st century&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Jong-Un, &#8220;the supreme leader of our party and army and people&#8221;, had inherited his late father&#8217;s spirit, leadership, personality, morality and 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