(Reuters) - The passing of North Korean strongman Kim Jong-il has been marked by plunging temperatures, mourning bears and now, according to North Korean state media, by flocks of magpies.

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(Reuters) Kim, who died in December aged 69 years after 17 years running the world's most reclusive state, was reputed to be able to control the weather, as well as to have scored a miraculous 38 under par round of golf.
"At around 17:30 on December 19, 2011, hundreds of magpies appeared from nowhere and hovered over a statue of President Kim Il Sung on Changdok School campus in Mangyongdae District, clattering as if they were telling him the sad news," state news agency KCNA reported on Monday...Continue reading....

North Koreans Who Weren’t Sufficiently Hysterical Over Kim Jong-Il’s Death Headed to Labor Camps

Posted by Jammie on Jan 12, 2012 at 7:55 am.  Ah, the worker’s paradise. Didn’t ham it up enough over the dead dictator? Off to the labor camps with you, likely never to be seen again. Oh, and while you’re at it, don’t poke fun at Pyongyang Fats, either...Continue reading...