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By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com
SEOUL — North Korea has dropped the image of its founding father Kim Il-Sung from new banknotes as grandson and new leader Kim Jong-Un struggles to assert his authority, sources and analysts said.
The North’s new 5,000-won bills obtained by the South Korean government no longer feature Kim Il-Sung.
On the front side of the new note issued on July 30, Kim Il-Sung’s portrait has been replaced by a picture of his birthplace of Mangyongdae in Pyongyang, which had been on the back of the outgoing bill.
The back of the new note contains a picture of the International Friendship Exhibition House that displays gifts Kim Il-Sung and his son Kim Jong-Il received from foreign leaders.
The removal of Kim Il-Sung’s portrait came as a surprise to North Koreans as the highest denomination bill in circulation has featured his images for decades, according to sources who have contacts in the North.
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