North Korean defectors, now living in South Korea, prepare to release balloons carrying propaganda leaflets denouncing North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il at Imjingak, near the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating South and North Korea on December 28, 2011 in Paju, South Korea. North Koreans are today farewelling their former leader Kim Jong-Il with his funeral taking place in Pyongyang. Kim died suddenly from a heart attack on December 17, aged 69. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)