朝鮮紀念金正日逝世3週年大綱

North Korea's communist leadership is marking the three-year anniversary of the death of ex-dictator Kim Jong Il.

State television on Wednesday showed North Koreans bowing and leaving flowers at the statue of the former leader and his father Kim Il Sung.

Horns from automobiles, ships, and trains rang out across the country at noon Wednesday to mark the death anniversary.

Top North Korean leaders participated in a ceremony later at the Kumsusan Palace, where the bodies of the two late Kims are preserved.

Pyongyang has worked hard to create a personality cult around the Kim family, which has now ruled North Korea for three generations.

Kim Jong Il died unexpectedly in December 2011. He passed power to his young son, Kim Jong Un, who has quickly solidified his rule.

Wednesday marks the end of a traditional three-year mourning period for the late Mr. Kim.

The young Mr. Kim has largely carried out the same policies as his father, including overseeing the advancement of the country's massive military.

He is also responsible for overseeing what U.N. officials recently described as human rights abuses that are "unparalleled" in the modern world.朝鮮勞動黨領導層紀念前獨裁者金正日逝世3週年。

朝鮮國家電視臺星期三播放了朝鮮人在金正日及其父親金日成的雕像前鞠躬和獻花的場面。

星期三正午，朝鮮各地的汽車、輪船和火車鳴笛紀念金正日逝世3週年。

晚些時候，朝鮮高層領導人出席了在錦繡山太陽宮舉行的儀式，金日成和金正日的遺體都存放在那裏。

平壤努力建立對金氏家族的個人崇拜，該家族對朝鮮的統治已經延續到第3代。

2011年12月，金正日猝然離世。他年輕的兒子金正恩接掌政權，並很快鞏固了自己的統治地位。

星期三，對金正日的傳統3年悼念期結束。

金正恩基本上仍在實行金正日的政策，包括掌控朝鮮龐大的軍隊現代化。

金正恩還要對朝鮮的侵犯人權行爲負責。聯合國官員最近指出，朝鮮侵犯人權的程度在現代世界是最嚴重的。