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FILE - In this April 13, 2012 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, applauds with military officers as he attends the unveiling ceremony of statues of late leaders, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansudae in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

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**FILE** North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (center), flanked by Kim Yong-nam (right), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly and the ceremonial head of state, and Vice Marshal Ri Yong-ho of the Korean People's Army, presides over a national memorial service for his late father, Kim Jong-il, at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 29, 2011. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** North Korean students who were selected as delegates to the Korean Children's Union pay their respects in front of bronze statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (right) stands next to senior military leaders during a ceremony in honor of his father, Kim Jong-il, and grandfather, Kim Il-sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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** FILE ** North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and other officials bow before a portrait of the late leader Kim Jong-il during a ceremony to mark the 100th day after Kim's death at Kumsusan Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)

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North Korean soldiers goose-step below a portrait of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during a military parade at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, to commemorate Kim's 70th birthday on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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New North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, after reviewing a parade of thousands of soldiers to commemorate the 70th birthday of his late father, Kim Jong-il, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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A new bronze statue depicting the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (right) and his father, Kim Il-sung, stands on the grounds of the Mansudae Art Studio after it was unveiled in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service on Thursday, Dec. 29, North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un, center, with officials, pays respects to late leader Kim Jong Il, during the funeral at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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In this image made from KRT video, North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un is seen during a memorial service for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/KRT via APTN)

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** FILE ** In this image made from KRT video, Kim Jong-un, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's youngest son and successor, salutes during the funeral for his father at the end of a procession outside Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/KRT via APTN)

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Mourners cry during the funeral procession for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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North Korea's next leader, Kim Jong Un, front left, salutes beside the hearse carrying the body of his late father and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during the funeral procession in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011. Behind Kim Jong Un, in order are Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong Il's brother-in-law and vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, and Workers Party officials Choe Thae Bok and Kim Ki Nam. At far right is Ri Yong Ho, the Vice Marshal of the Korean People’s Army, and behind him is People's Armed Forces Minister Kim Yong Chun. (AP Photo)

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Mourners cry during the funeral procession for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo, Dec. 29, 2011 by the Korea News Service, mourners surround the hearse carrying the coffin of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during his funeral procession through the streets of Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo, Dec. 29, 2011 by the Korea News Service, the hearse carrying late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is driven past during his funeral procession in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)