People mourn the death of Kim Jongil, as son takes charge of country

INTERNATIONAL \\ North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died after suffering a major heart attack while on a train out on a “field trip”. According to official reports, every possible measure was taken to save his life, but help did not reach him on time. He suffered a cardiac arrest. Autopsy reports confirmed the cause of the death. The leader had suffered his first heart attack in 2008, he appeared weak and frail in the limited number of pictures released in the recent past. The young Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (commonly called North Korea), which is a communist country, has so far maintained a tradition of hereditary succession in its government. Kim Jong-il had inherited the country’s leadership from his father, Kim II-Sung in the year 1994. Earlier, in 2010 he had declared his son, Kim Jong-un, his successor. South Korea, which shares its borders with North Korea, declared a high security alert after the death of the leader, citing the fact that North Korea is a failed yet dangerous state with nuclear weapons. The country has enshrined Kim Jong-il’s body in the Pyongyang Palace, which also houses the body of his father, who was the founder of the nation.