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N. Korea celebrates late leader’s birthday, pushes for unity

A group of synchronized swimmers perform celebrating the Day of Shining Star on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the swimming gymnasium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho) A group of synchronized swimmers perform celebrating the Day of Shining Star on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the swimming gymnasium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho) A group of synchronized swimmers perform celebrating the Day of Shining Star on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a swimming gymnasium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho) A group of synchronized swimmers perform celebrating the Day of Shining Star on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the swimming gymnasium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho) People clap hands as they watch the performance of synchronized swimming marking the Day of Shining Star on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a swimming gymnasium in the Chongchun Street in Pyongyang,, on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) Citizens walk past a celebrative poster in Pyongyang, North Korea on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. The letters in the poster read " The great event of the nation. " (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho) Citizens walk past a celebrative poster in Pyongyang, North Korea on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. The letters in the poster read " Great General is the Eternal Sun of Juche." (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) Citizens pay tribute to the statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) Service personnel of Korean People's Army lay bouquets of flowers at the statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) Citizens visit the statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) In this photo provided by the North Korean government, a meeting is held to celebrate the 80th birth anniversary of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il in Samjiyon City, North Korea Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)