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A giant North Korean flag flutters on the top of a 160-meter (533-foot) tower in North Korea, in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas at the Dora Observation Platform in Paju city, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. North Korea denied Wednesday that leader Kim Jong Il is seriously ill, rejecting media reports questioning his health as a "conspiracy plot" after he failed to show up at a key national ceremony, a report said. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Kim Ju-sung) **KOREA OUT**