FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2011 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, listens to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, unseen, during a meeting an a military garrison, outside Ulan-Ude. North Korean television announced Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 in a "special broadcast" that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service, File)