The statement was carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

According to the North's official Korean Central News Agency, the building was renovated in 2008.

"His death is an irretrievable big political loss to our party," the official Korean Central News Agency said today.

His activities are occasionally mentioned in bulletins from the Korean Central News Agency.

During his presidency the Korean Central Intelligence Agency became a much feared institution and the government frequently imprisoned anyone who opposed them.

He reported that, some time after the war, she was put in charge of English language publications for the Korean Central News Agency.

The Korean Central Intelligence Agency was created in 1961 to coordinate both international and domestic intelligence activities, including those of the military.

A news bulletin is then broadcast, with all items from the Korean Central News Agency.

"Sanctions mean a war and the war knows no mercy," the official Korean Central News Agency said.

The clip comes courtesy of the Korean Central News Agency.