Kim Jong Un leads the state funeral committee out of the Central Hall of Workers in Pyongyang on November 11, 2015, as they process behind the casket of MAR Ri Ul Sol and members of Ri’s family (Photo: Rodong Sinmun).
Kim Jong Un’s last observed appearance was his visit to Ri Ul Sol’s wake
Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) attended the state funeral and burial ceremony of MAR Ri Ul Sol on November 11 (Wednesday). Also in attendance were members of the Ri Ul Sol Funeral Committee, various Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK], Korean People’s Army [KPA] and DPRK Government officials and members of Ri’s family.
Jong Un “observed a moment’s silence in memory of the late Ri Ul Sol an expressed deep condolence over his death” at the funeral. Members of the state funeral committee and of Ri’s family also observed a moment of silence after which Jong Un, the funeral committee members and members of the Ri family ceremoniously followed MAR Ri’s casket out of the Central Hall of Workers. A BTR conveyed the coffin through Pyongyang’s streets to the Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery. According to KCNA, “tens of thousands of service personnel and people from all walks of life” lined the cortege route and “bid farewell to the deceased.”
A graveside service to inter MAR Ri Ul Sol at the Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery in Pyongyang on November 11, 2015 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun).
At the Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery a graveside service took place. VMar Hwang Pyong So (Director of the KPA General Political Department) delivered a eulogy which was followed by mourning music and a gun salute as Ri Ul Sol’s casket was lowered into the ground. Jong Un, along with the funeral committee and members of Ri’s family, placed dirt over MAR Ri’s casket. A series of floral wreaths from Kim Jong Un, the WPK Central Committee, the WPK Central Military Commission, the National Defense Commission, the Supreme People’s Assembly Presidium and DPRK Cabinet were placed near the grave. Jong Un then led the assembled mourners in another moment of silence, according to KCNA.
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