came out. that s how tightly controlled the media there is. when word did finally arrive the dear leader was dead, his blinkered and brainwashed followers mourned him like the god they ve been told he was. the grieving, as you d imagine, is intense for a leader they d been told first walked at 3 weeks of age, talked at 2 months and authored not read, but authored 1,500 books while in college. those who are not overcome were simply dumbstruck on receiving the news. like this gathering for example. they, like most north koreans, not likely aware their fallen ruler scarfed lobster and swilled fine cognac while an estimated million ordinary north koreans starved to death during the famine his economic policies created. like most north koreans, the mourners who made their way by the massive statue of kim il-sung did not know how isolated the north korea he created and his son ran for 17 years actually is. when kim il sung died, north koreans were told and they apparently belie