N. Korea TV shows footage of Kim’s funeral

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il salutes soldiers while watching a massive military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. AP File Photo

SEOUL – North Korean state television began broadcasting the funeral of late leader Kim Jong-Il Wednesday, with footage of tens of thousands of troops bowing their heads in the snow outside a memorial palace.

A limousine bearing a huge portrait of a smiling Kim led the funeral cortege, which began moving slowly from the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang.

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