The coffin of former South Korean president Kim Dae-jung is carried by honour guards to the memorial altar at the National Assembly in Seoul, capital of South Korea, Aug. 20, 2009. The South Korean government decided on Wednesday to hold its second-ever state funeral for late president Kim Dae-jung, almost 20 years after the first state funeral given to later president Park Jung-hui in 1979.[Xinhua/Newsis]
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