Friday, January 13, 2012

North Korea announces Kim Jong-il will be embalmed and put on display


Kim Jong-il's body lies in state during the days after his death
Hello, today I’m going to tell you a very singular news. It’s about the Kim Jong IL’s death.  On Thursday, North Korea has announced that the bodie of Kim Jong Il will be embalmed. Thus, the eternal leader will join the long list of communist leaders embalmed -Lenin, Stalin, Mao Zedong, are some of them. Once embalmed, it is speculated that his body will be placed next to his father, Kim Il Sung, at the “Kumsusan” memorial palace.
It’s unknown who will carry out the embalming. The last time that this process was carried out, North Korea called a team of experts from the "centre for biological structures" in Moscow. But now, the people in North Korea can do this process by them self. The embalming process, due to their requirements, cost a fortune. Taking into account the country's economic needs, it is amazing that the Party decided to allocate funds to that, instead of giving food to his people.
This process responds to legal questions. The Party has already named Kim Jong Il “Eternal Leader”. It’s needed then, make the same that they did with his father (King Il Sun, named “Eternal President”), and probably this tradition will be continue until the end of the dynasty. 

2 comments:

  1. I wonder how the people respond against that decision. Considering what they wanted their leader and that this had happened in the past, you may take is as natural. Many times the food of the spirit is as important as the physical, ideally both are covered…

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  2. Good Alfred. Interesting topic.

    Just for you to know, the word "news" is uncountable, so when you refer to "one" you say: "a piece of news"

    Also there are some coherence and grammar problems. I´ll refer to them in class.

    This is your score:

    TASK: 3
    LEXIS: 2
    GRAMMAR: 2

    7 POINTS= 5.5 FINAL GRADE

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