Grief prevails in DPRK as people remember leader

PYONGYANG - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday continued to mourn the death of its top leader, Kim Jong-il.

Xinhua reporters on Tuesday saw mourners filing past huge portraits of the late leader erected in Kim Il-sung Square, the April 25 House of Culture and Pyongyang Indoor Stadium.

In central Pyongyang, many people gathered in front of the statues of his father Kim Il-sung at Mansu Hill and Kim Il-sung University to pay their respects.