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Syed Qasim Abbas
South Korean police said Monday they'd prevented an endeavor by pro-North Korean activists to line up an altar to mourn the death of leader Kim Jong-Il within the capital Seoul.
The authorities cordoned off the location close to town hall and turned away the activists, who tried to show Kim's photo and flowers. An anti-Pyongyang rally was allowed to travel ahead nearby.
"All South Korean compatriots ought to surely provide deepest sympathy and condolences for the late Kim Jong-Il as partners for eventual reunification," the pro-North Korean cluster said in an exceedingly statement.
It posted a message reading "Rest in peace, Kim Jong-Il" on its web site.
On the campus of Seoul National University within the south of the capital, college members and faculty guards removed an alter found out by pro-North Korean students, police said.
Last week's announcement of Kim's death has prompted a series of rallies by conservative activists and North Korean defectors who referred to as the event "a joy to all or any humanity".
South Korea expressed its sympathies to the North Korean folks however allowed solely Hyundai cluster chairwoman Hyun Jung-Eun and Lee Hee-Ho, the 89-year-old widow these days president Kim Dae-Jung, to go to Pyongyang with their aides.
Kim Dae-Jung and Kim Jong-Il held the first-ever inter-Korea summit in 2000 and Hyundai pioneered cross-border business comes.
Hwang Hye-Ro, a South Korean left-wing activist staying in France, has additionally visited North Korea via Beijing to pay her respects despite Seoul's ban on visits apart from the trip by the previous 1st woman and Hyundai chief.
South Korean prosecutors said Hwang, 35, would be punished beneath the powerful security law banning South Koreans from praising North Korea and its communist regime.
The North on Sunday lashed out at South Korea for its response to Kim's death, warning of "catastrophic consequences" for relations unless Seoul eases restrictions on condolence visits by South Koreans.
The two Koreas have remained technically at war since the 1950-1953 Korean conflict ended solely in an exceedingly ceasefire.
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