North Korea has bestowed an award on a schoolgirl, 14, who drowned trying to save portraits of the dynasty's late rulers

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North Korea has bestowed an award on a schoolgirl, 14, who drowned trying to save portraits of the dynasty's late rulers

Pedro Ugarte

North Koreans wave flags in front of portraits of North Korean late president Kim Il-Sung (L) and his son Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang in April 2012. North Korea has bestowed a posthumous award on a 14-year-old schoolgirl who drowned in a flash flood while trying to save portraits of the communist dynasty's late rulers, official media said.