North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

In this image made from television and provided by CCTV, China's state broadcaster on behalf of the Beijing government, a North Korean man reacts to the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Kim's death after 17 years as leader was announced Monday by state television two days after he died. North Korea's news agency reported that he had died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday after having a heart attack on a train, adding that he had been treated for cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases for a long time. He was 69. (AP Photo/CCTV) TV OUT CHINA OUT

In this Oct. 5, 2009 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, greets Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean state media announced Kim's death on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Fan Rujun, File)

North Korean embassy staff members lower their national flag at half-mast to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on the roof of the embassy in Beijing, China, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

In this May 25, 2011 file p hoto released by China's Xinhua news agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a meeting in Beijing. North Korean state media announced Kim's death on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Xueren)

A woman from a Japanese paper pass out its extra issue at Ginza district in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The paper reports Kim, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

In this image made from Associated Press Television News, North Koreans gather to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in front of a mural depicting Kim Jong Il and his father Kim Sung Il in Pyongyang, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Kim's death after 17 years as leader was announced Monday by state television two days after he died. North Korea's news agency reported that he had died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday after having a heart attack on a train, adding that he had been treated for cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases for a long time. He was 69. (AP Photo/APTN) TV OUT

In this Oct. 24, 2011 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, front right, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean state media announced Kim's death on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei)

In this Oct. 10, 2010 photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il applauds following a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

TV news report the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a Labi Yamada Denki Co. retailer in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

In this June 14, 2000 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, and South Korean President Kim Dae-jung raise their arms together before signing a joint declaration at the end of the second day of a three-day summit in Pyongyang. In a breakthrough at the historic summit, the two signed an agreement aimed at easing half a century of conflict on the heavily armed Korean Peninsula and working toward its eventual reunification. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. His death was announced Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. He was 69. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Pool, File)

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, left, presides over an emergency meeting of the National Security Council over North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Yonhap)

Sean Lee, 16, left, Yoon Kim, 21, back middle, and Ian Lim, 19, all from South Korea, play pool as a TV shows a report on the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, at a pool hall in Korea Town in Los Angeles. About 200,000 Koreans live in Los Angeles County. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)

In this Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2002 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shake hands after their first-ever summit meeting at a guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim Jong Il's death after 17 years as leader was announced Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 by state television two days after he died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Japan Pool, File)

In this image made from Associated Press Television News, a woman reacts as North Koreans gather to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in front of a monument to his father, Kim Il Sung, unseen, at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Kim's death after 17 years as leader was announced Monday by state television two days after he died. North Korea's news agency reported that he had died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday after having a heart attack on a train, adding that he had been treated for cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases for a long time. He was 69. (AP Photo/APTN) TV OUT

In this April 25, 2002 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il claps from the balcony as soldiers salute him during a military parade, celebrating the foundation of the armed forces in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean television announced Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 in a "special broadcast" that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)

South Koreans watch a news reporting about the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on a TV screen at a train station in Ulsan, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Kim Jong Il's death after 17 years as leader was announced Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 by state television two days after he died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

In this April 1981 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il gestures while taking a stroll with his father, Kim Il Sung, right, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Korean state television on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 announced that Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

In this Oct. 10, 2010 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il salutes soldiers while watching a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. Korean state television on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 announced that Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

In this Oct. 23, 2000 file photo, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright walks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il upon her arrival at Paekhwawon, the Hundred Flower State Guest House, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Korean state television on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 announced that Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Frederic J. Brown, Pool, File)

A woman reads an extra issue of a Japanese newspaper at Ginza district in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The paper reports Kim, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

In this Oct. 10, 2010 file photo Kim Jong Un, right, along with his father and North Korea leader Kim Jong Il, left, attends during a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean television announced Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 in a "special broadcast" that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File)

In this Aug. 20, 2002 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il waves out of a window of his armored train at the Russian border railway station of Khasan, Russia. North Korean television announced Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 in a "special broadcast" that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Igor Kochetkov, File)

The North Korean national flag hangs at half-staff to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the North Korean embassy in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak

South Korean passengers watch a television broadcasting a death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on a bus in Ulsan, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A television camera man and tourists look to photos of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in front of the North Korean embassy in Berlin, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

In this April 25, 2002 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, applauds with Kim Yong Nam, president of the People's Congress from the balcony of a building during a military parade, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of North Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean television announced Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 in a "special broadcast" that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)

In this Oct. 23, 2000 file photo, North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il smiles during a first-ever meeting with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, unseen, at the Pae Kha Hawon Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean television announced Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 in a "special broadcast" that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

In this Oct. 23, 2000 file photo, North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stand side by side at the Pae Kha Hawon Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean television announced Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 in a "special broadcast" that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder/POOL)

In this Oct. 23, 2000 file photo, North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, left, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the Pae Kha Hawon Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean television announced Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 in a "special broadcast" that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool, File)

In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, seated left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, seated right, in Pyonggyang, North Korea. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

In this Oct. 10, 2010 photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il applauds following a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

In this Aug. 23, 2002 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, smiles as he greets North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia. Kim Jong Il, the mercurial and enigmatic North Korean leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Passengers watch a TV news reporting about the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

In this Aug. 24, 2011 file photo, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il outside Ulan-Ude in Byryatia. Kim Jong Il, the mercurial and enigmatic North Korean leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service, File)

In this July 26, 2001 file photo, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il, rings a bell, which was presented to him in Khasan railway station. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Igor Kochetkov, File)

In this June 13, 2000 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, and South Korean President Kim Dae-jung shake hands as Kim Dae-jung arrives at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Pool, File)

In this Aug. 27, 2010 photo released by China's official Xinhua news agency, Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Changchun, in northeast China's Jilin province. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ju Peng, File)

A man reacts as he walks with flowers towards the North Korean Embassy in Beijing Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died, North Korean state media announced Monday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

In this file photo released by Chinese official news agency Xinhua on June 1, 2000, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Beijing, China. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Xinhua, File)

In this Oct. 9, 2010 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Kim Jong Un, the third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, applauds while watching the Arirang mass games performance staged to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean state media announced Kim Jong Il's death on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei)

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speaks during an emergency meeting of the National Security Council over North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Yonhap)

In this May 25, 2011 file photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao, unseen, during a meeting in Beijing. North Korean state media announced Kim's death on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Xueren)

South Koreans read extras reporting the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69. The headline read "The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korean women cry after learning death of their leader Kim Jong Il on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim died on Saturday, Dec. 17, North Korean state media announced Monday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

A North Korean woman cries after learning death of the country's leader Kim Jong Il on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim died on Saturday, Dec. 17, North Korean state media announced Monday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

People read extras with the headline which reads "General Secretary Kim dies" on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 near Osaka train station in Osaka, western Japan. Kim died on Saturday, Dec. 17, North Korean state media announced Monday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

A South Korean army soldier uses binoculars to watch Northern side after news reporting about the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a guard post in the demilitarized zone between South and North Korea in Cheolwon, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Hae-ryoung)

A man and woman walk past a board showing pictures of North Korea's top leaders outside the North Korean Embassy in Beijing Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il died on Saturday, Dec. 17, North Korean state media announced Monday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

South Koreans watch a news reporting about the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on TV screens at the Yongsan Electronic shop in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Kim Jong Il's death after 17 years as leader was announced Monday by state television two days after he died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)