This is disgusting.  The population forced to mourn over this oppressive dictator!
 Huffington Post:  You'd better watch out, you'd better cry, you'd better pout, I'm telling you why: North Korea is punishing insincere mourners, according to the Daily NK.  An anonymous source tells the Daily NK, a South Korea-based publication in opposition of the North Korean regime, that "authorities are handing down at least six months in a labor-training camp to anybody who didn't participate in the organized gatherings" to mourn the death of supreme leader Kim Jong II, and to those "who did participate, but didn't cry and didn't seem genuine."  Newser reports that mourners who came off as insincere have already been sent to join the 200,000 other North Koreans already in labor camps.  An Amnesty International report published in May 2011 paints a dark picture of what's in store at those camps - estimates suggest that 40 percent of inmates die of malnutrition.  The exact number of those to be sent to camps is unclear, reports the Daily Mail, but the paper estimates it could be in the thousands.  The punishment news comes shortly after an announcement Thursday that Kim Jong II's embalmed remains would go on permanent display in the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, the Associated Press reports, just as his father and previous North Korean leader, Kim II Sung, was enshrined.  AP notes that along with the enshrinement, a new statue and "towers to his immortality" will be erected to salute the late supreme leader.  The New York Times points out that the late ruler's birthday, February 16, will be recognized as "the Day of the Lodestar."  North Korean state media had used the term "lodestar" in reference to Kim Jong II, as well as the name for long-range rockets the country tested in 1998 and 2009, the NYT reports.  Since Kim Jong II's death announcement on December 19, his son and successor, Kim Jong Un, has made a significant push to establish himself as the reincarnation of his grandfather and North Korea's founder, Kim II Sung, AP reports.  The Daily NK's anonymous source also told the publication that "Every day from 7 am through 7 pm, they have vehicles for broadcasting propaganda parked on busy roads full of people going to and from work, noisily working to proclaim Kim Jong Un's greatness.  

Commentary:  For those of you who believe that the Bible, especially the Book of Revelation is far-fetched, consider what you have just read.  The Bible tells us that in these last days, a world dictator and false prophet will arise and force the world's population to worship this dictator, the Antichrist, and they will also be forced to receive a mark in their right hand or forehead, which they must have in order to buy or sell.  The Bible says that those who refuse to receive the mark of the Antichrist dictator will be beheaded for the sake of Jesus and the gospel.  "[He - the false prophet] deceived those who dwelt on the earth by means of miracles, which he had power to do in the sight of the beast (Antichrist), saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast, which had a wound by a sword and lived.  He had power to give life to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast would speak and cause those who did not worship the image to be killed.  And he caused all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads, that no man might buy or sell, except those who have the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name.  Here is wisdom.  Let he who has understanding count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred, sixty-six" Revelation 13:14-18.  "...I saw the souls of those who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and for the Word of God, who had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands..." Revelation 20:4.  I repeat, if that sounds far-fetched, you might want to review the story above once again.  We are headed in that direction, according to the scriptures.