Kim Jong Ir died

The DPRK leader Kim Jong Il died at the age of 69, CNN reports citing state television of North Korea. Kim Jong Ir died on Saturday during an inspection trip around the country by train. According to the official version, death came from a heart attack due to "mental and physical strain caused by work for the good of the people." The announcer of Korean television, which reported the death of the leader, was crying. The funeral will be held in Pyongyang December 28.

The Prime Minister of Japan Esihiko Noda called on all ministers and his subordinates "to be prepared for any unforeseen situations" that may arise in connection with the news of the death of Kim Jong Ira. “Now anything can happen,” the prime minister ITAR-TASS quotes. “And we are proper to be completely ready for this.”

The power to the DPRK completely passed into the hands of Kim Jong -un - the youngest son Kim Jong Ira, the South Korean media reported. Last year, at the conference of the Communist Party, Kim Jong -un was elected deputy chairman of the Central Military Commission and became part of the Party Central Committee. Before that, he was increased with the rank of four -star general, although he did not go through military service.

Kim Jong -un, the third son of Kim Jong Ira, was born, according to various sources, in 1983 or 1984, his mother is a ballerina, the third wife of Kim Jong Ira. She died in 2004 from breast cancer at the age of 51 years. Kim Jong -un received secondary education in Switzerland, then graduated at the Kim Il Sen military university in Pyongyang.

In 2008, information appeared in the media that Kim Jong Ir had suffered a stroke and is in serious condition. It is known that he also suffered from diabetes and heart disease. In the summer of this year, Kim Jong Il visited Russia on an official visit, having traveled by train in the Far East and Transbaikal.

Kim Jong Ir was the head of the Korean People's Democratic Republic, General Secretary of the Korea Labor Party, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Korean People’s Army, the chairman of the State Defense Committee of the DPRK, the son of the "great leader" Kim Il Sen. He inherited power in 1994.

In connection with the death of Kim Jong Ira, the government of South Korea went to work in an emergency. President of the Republic of Korea Lee Men Buck canceled all planned events. The country's armed forces are improving readiness. Enhanced control on the border with the DPRK.