In the white foyer, an antique settee upholstered in natural linen and a simple domed light fixture were the only adornments.

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In the mid-1970s, the favorable trend towards Kim Jong-Il was explicit and unavoidable: rushed biographies celebrating his "natural brilliance" were published while his visage became a fixture in many public squares.

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