NKoreans head home from China for funeral; Scenes from border city

SHOTLIST Beijing 1. North Korean women walking to the departure area with flowers in their hands 2. Flight departure screen showing flight to Pyongyang 3. Close-up of flowers, pull out to man walking through airport terminal building 4. Women with flowers entering customs gate 5. Close-up of flowers in plastic cover and North Korean man going through gate 6. Wide of customs officer checking passports 7. North Korean woman and child walking towards customs gate with flowers 8. Top shot of woman and child walking away Dandong 9. Wide of the China-North Korean Friendship Bridge which connects the Chinese city Dandong and the North Korean city of Sinuiju 10. Chinese flag, North Korean town visible in the distance 11. Chinese soldiers guarding bridge 12. Women selling North Korean souvenirs on bank of Yalu River 13. Close-up of souvenir of North Korean bank note 14. Wide of port by river 15. Woman pushing bicycle 16. Various of Dandong resident Liang Guangming carrying child, looking at posters 17. Close-up of poster 18. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Liang Guangming, Dandong resident : "I don't see any sign of turmoil from that side (North Korea). Nowadays you cannot really see the changes in people's life or the social order of North Korean side." 19. Various of sculpture of Chinese man looking in direction of North Korea 20. Wide of North Korean town of Sinuiju STORYLINE Many North Korean expatriates living in China were heading home on Tuesday to pay their respects to the country's leader Kim Jong Il following his death last week. At Beijing airport, North Koreans, many carrying flowers, waited for their flight to Pyongyang. Meanwhile the border area between China and North Korea appeared calm on Tuesday, ahead of the funeral of the North Korean leader. Trucks rolled across the Friendship Bridge, which connects the Chinese city Dandong and the North Korean city of Sinuiju. North Korean bank notes with portrait of Kim Il Sung were being sold as souvenirs at the tourist city's port. Local resident Liang Guangming, who comes to the bank of the Yalu River with his granddaughter every day, said he has not seen any sign of unrest in North Korea since the death of Kim Jong Il was announced. Kim Jong Il died on 17 December, 2011 and the country has been observing an official period of mourning. Two days of funeral ceremonies are scheduled to start in the North Korean capital Pyongyang on Wednesday. The events will be watched closely for clues to who will gain power and who will fall out of favour under the next leader, his son Kim Jong Un. The Kim family has extended its control over the country of 24 (m) million people to a third generation with Kim Jong Un, who is in his late 20s and was revealed last year as his father's choice among three sons for successor. Kim Jong Il, who ruled North Korea for 17 years, wielded power as head of three main state organs: the Workers' Party, the Korean People's Army and the National Defence Commission. His father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, remains the nation's "eternal president" despite his death in 1994. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/7dc225623a28a881290461f281407ba5 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork