Seoul July 8 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday paid tributes to his grandfather Kim Il-sung on his 23rd death anniversary.
As is tradition Kim Jong-un reportedly paid a visit in the morning to the Kumsusan Sun Palace located northeast of Pyongyang where the embalmed bodies of his grandfather and father Kim Jong-il are kept reports Efe news.
The North Korean leader was accompanied by members of the country s only political party and senior military officials who were also present at the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday.
After paying his respects to his grandfather Kim Jong-un also visited and laid a wreath at monuments dedicated to him and Kim Jong-il who died in 2011.
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