North Korea did not invite a representative of China to the ceremony honoring Kim Jong Il on the third anniversary of the late leader’s passing.

The commemoration for Kim, who died at end-2011 after serving as Supreme Leader for 17 years, included three minutes of silence at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang.

On Wednesday Rep. Park Jie-won from South Korea’s opposition New Politics for Alliance for Democracy met a North Korean official at the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex, marking the anniversary by delivering a wreath  on behalf of the widow of former President Kim Dae-jung.

However, on