This morning on GMA they showed film reports from North Korea. The people were beyond grief. When the anchor queried the expert as to whether this was pure propoganda, the expert said no. I've never seen such grief for someone you don't know personally. It made the tears of JFK's death and 9/11 seem like small potatoes. They evidently believed he would live forever and take care of them. The expert explained that North Korea is so isolated that the populace believes that South Korea has the bad economy. People who escaped to China had no idea of reality. They were shocked by what they found.
The tears make sense if you treat them as preschoolers. It is very sad.