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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) â?" North Koreans paid respects Wednesday to their country's late founder on the 15th anniversary of his death, laying flowers and bowing reverently before a huge stature of Kim Il Sung.

Broadcaster APTN showed footage of North Koreans bowing repeatedly amid solemn music outside the hilltop Mansudae Assembly Hall in the North Korean capital.

"The great leader, President Kim Il Sung, is always alive â?" not only in the hearts of our people, but also in the minds of people all over the world," said Hwang In San, a Pyongyang resident.