(http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/il_sung.jpg)(http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/il_sung-281x300.jpg) (http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/il_sung.jpg)[highlight]North Korea is marking the 101 anniversary of the birth of founding father Kim Il-sung as tensions continue over the country's nuclear programme.[/highlight] Leader Kim Jong-Un visited the mausoleum of his grandfather and his father Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang to commemorate the anniversary. Tensions have been high on the Korean peninsula after North Korea conducted its third underground nuclear test on 12 February that resulted in sanctions from the UN. There are speculations that the north will use Kim Il-Sung's birthday for a missile launch. At this time last year, it launched a rocket with the stated aim of putting a satellite into orbit to mark the 100th anniversary of Kim Il-Sung's birth. The rocket broke up shortly after take-off. The US has ruled out holding any more "artificial talks" with the north.
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Happy birthday to the celebrant.
Many happy returns of the day.
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