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North Koreans are in mourning after the death of their leader, Kim Jong-il. People wept openly on the streets of the capital, Pyongyang. State media said he had suffered a heart attack on Saturday, aged 69. He had been unwell. The official news agency KCNA described one of his sons, Kim Jong-un, as the "great successor" whom North Koreans should unite behind. Pyongyang's neighbours are on alert fearing instability in the poor and isolated nuclear-armed nation. Comrade Kim Jong-il was the great leader of the North Korean people and a close friend of the Chinese people” - Liu Weimin Chinese foreign ministry Fears were compounded by unconfirmed reports from South Korean news agency Yonhap that the North had test-fired a missile off its eastern coast before the announcement of Kim Jong-il's death. Following news of Mr Kim's death, South Korea put its armed forces on ...