North Korea Commemorates Kim Jong Il's Death Anniversary

North Korean soldiers march on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang as others pay their respects beneath portraits of the late leaders Kim Jong Il, right, and Kim Il Sung, Dec. 17, 2013.

North Koreans lay flowers beneath portraits of the late leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, Dec. 17, 2013.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an event to mark the second anniversary of the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, Dec. 17, 2013.

North Koreans offer flowers in front of statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at Mansudae hill in Pyongyang, on the second anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il, Dec. 17, 2013. (KCNA)

North Koreans present wreaths and bow in front of portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il as they mourn the second death anniversary of Kim Jong Il at the North Korean embassy in the Chinese border city of Dandong, Dec. 17, 2013.

North Korean defectors tear a caricature of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an anti-North Korea rally marking the second anniversary of Kim Jong Il's death, Seoul, Dec. 17, 2013.

A portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is burned by protesters during an anti-North Korea rally marking the second anniversary of Kim Jong Il's death, Seoul, Dec. 17, 2013.