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Portraits of the late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il, right, hung at the entrance of the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium are seen in the background as North Korean national flags and Youth League flags decorate the venue on the "Day of the Shining Star" or birthday anniversary of Kim Jong Il on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The celebrations of the late Kim Jong Il's birthday anniversary, a revered national holiday, came as South Korea’s president warned that North Korea faces collapse if it doesn’t abandon its nuclear weapons program, amid an international outcry over Pyongyang’s January nuclear test and the Feb. 7 rocket launch. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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