"<p>The former North Korean leader died of a heart attack in 1994, and to preserve his body it cost $1 million with ""$800,000 poured into additional maintenance costs annually, <a href=""http://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-embalming/north-koreas-kim-the-second-of-his-line-to-be-embalmed-idUSTRE7BK0DX20111221"" rel=""nofollow noopener"" target=""_blank"" data-ylk=""slk:according to reports"" class=""link rapid-noclick-resp"">according to reports</a>. After his death, the Kumsusan Assembly Hall (his official residence until death) was converted into the ""world's largest mausoleum dedicated to a Community leader"" and the <a href=""http://www.ibtimes.com/kim-jong-ils-tomb-all-dramatic-doom-gloom-you-can-imagine-1032064"" rel=""nofollow noopener"" target=""_blank"" data-ylk=""slk:conversion cost over $100 million"" class=""link rapid-noclick-resp"">conversion cost over $100 million</a>. </p>"
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