North Korea has marked the 101st anniversary of the birthday of its late founder, Kim il-Sung -- an occasion many believed the Stalinist state would use to carry out a missile test and increase regional tensions.
ເກົາຫຼີເໜືອ ສະຫລອງ ວັນຄ້າຍວັນເກີດຜູ້ນໍາ

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North Korean party officials visit Mankyongdae, the birthplace of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung, on the 101st anniversary of his birth, April 15, 2013.

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A North Korean soldier guards the entrance to Pyongyang's Kumsusan mausoleum, where the bodies of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il lie embalmed, April 15, 2013.

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A man, center, supervises a dancing group during a mass folk dance in front of the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium, April 15, 2013.

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A North Korean child covers the eyes of her father as she sits on his shoulders watching mass folk dancing in front of Pyongyang Indoor Stadium, April 15, 2013.