While obviously not condoning Al-Jazeera as a non-partisan news agency in this matter and certainly not supporting nor endorsing the various imperialist apologists featured within this news report, we are providing this for the edification and information of the readership. It includes interesting news clips from KCNA state television in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as well as a brief translated transcript of the announcement broadcast in Songun Korea in commemoration of this event. Kim Jong Il, Mansei!