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North Korean children march 400 km to honour Kim | South China Morning Post

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North Korean state media reports have documented a 400km (248-mile) journey made by elite pupils, some as young as age 11, along a route reportedly walked by the nation’s founding father Kim Il-sung in 1923. Kim is said to have been an 11-year-old when he set out from his school in what was then known as Manchuria –…

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