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North Korea reports Kim's army trip after portraits flap
 North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has visited a military unit, the country's official news agency KCNA said on Saturday, a day after the communist state denied reports that Kim's portrait had been removed from some public places.
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It was the second time this week that the agency reported Kim's inspection tours, after the flap over the portraits set off speculation that Pyongyang might try to soften its leader's personality cult as it carries out incremental economic reforms. Reports of Kim's inspections, which usually give no specific details, are widely considered in the South to be displays of influence by the secretive leader. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), monitored in Seoul, did not say when he visited the People's Army Transportation Unit No. 1266. On Tuesday, the KCNA reported Kim's trip to a military unit, just hours after a Pyongyang-based diplomat said portraits of him had been removed from some public meeting halls.
Posted by: Fred 2004-11-21 |
