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North Korea says late leader Kim Jong Il's body will be permanently laid in state in a memorial palace in the capital Kim's body will be displayed at Pyongyang's Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where his father and North Korea founder Kim Il-sung's embalmed body has been lying since his death in 1994.
Kim Jong-il's son and successor, Kim Jong-un, has been solidifying power since his father died of a heart attack on Dec 17.
The official Korean Central News Agency said on Thursday that North Korea will also erect a statue of Kim Jong-il, set up portraits of a smiling Kim and build "towers to his immortality" across the country.
Kim died on December 17 of a heart attack at age 69 after 17 years in charge of the impoverished but nuclear-armed nation. His son Kim Jong-un has taken over the leadership.
The ruling communist party, describing the late Kim as its "eternal leader", announced that his body would lie in state at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace.
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