General Secretary Kim Jong Il passes away
Flag at half-staff at the headquarters of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea
December 19, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - A North Korean flag flies at half-staff at General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, the de-facto embassy of the secretive communist state, in Tokyo on Monday, December 19, 2011, mourning the death of its leader Kim Jong Il. North Korea announced on Monday that Kim Jong Il died of heart failure. (Photo by AFLO) [3620] -mis-