Pyongyang, the capital, was dark and deserted, illuminated by the cavalcade taking us from the official housing to the opera house, only to return to darkness behind us. Kim Jong-il was greeted with the same fervor when he entered the opera house that today marks public mourning of his death.
Pyongyang, a capital, era obscura e deserta, iluminando-se à passagem da caravana que nos conduzia das casas de protocolo à Opera House, para voltar depois à obscuridade.  Aquando da sua entrada na Opera House, Kim Jong-il foi recebido com o mesmo fervor com que hoje se chora a sua morte.