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February 16th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Meanwhile, commemorative stamps and coins have been produced in his memory, composers have created new odes in his honour and he was also posthumously appointed “Generalissimo”, the country’s highest title and the latest of a long list of adulatory titles bestowed upon him.
Among the televised tributes were the words of an elderly woman, whose voice quivered with emotion as she said: “The General took time out of his busy schedule and deigned to visit my daughter’s home listening to this old farmer’s concerns. There are no other leaders in the world like the General.”
The unrestrained pomp and ceremony surrounding the event reflects the state’s attempts to bolster the near mythical personality cult surrounding the Kim dynasty, which has intensified since the death of Kim Jong-il.
The festivities are regarded by experts as part of an ongoing strategy to help smooth the succession of Kim Jong-il’s youngest and inexperienced son Jong-un, new leader of the isolated and nuclear-armed state.
The lavish scale of the birthday proceedings invariably conflicted with the current situation in North Korea, home to a crumbling economy blighted by shortages of power and raw materials.
Food shortages are also a critical problem since the region as hit by a major famine in the 1990s, with current life expectancy more than a decade less than those currently living in South Korea, according to Seoul’s statistical agency.
The birthday celebrations come one week before North Korea is due to hold talks in Beijing with US officials in relation to a possible resumption of six-nation nuclear disarmament negotiations, which is expected shed further light on Jong-un’s policies as new leader.
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