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epa03044645 A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 29 December shows North Koreans observing three minutes of silence in memory of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il at noon after a national memorial service held for him in Pyongyang, North Korea, 29 December 2011. A sea of people stood in a Pyongyang plaza 29 December to attend the memorial service for North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. The mourning period following Kim's death - which state media in the tightly controlled, secretive communist state reported occurred December 17 of a heart attack - was to end 29 December. Three minutes of silence were to be observed nationwide at noon (0300 GMT), after which sirens and ship and train horns were heard. EPA/KCNA