The people of North Korea’s capital have received a special gift from recently deceased leader Kim Jong Il: loads and loads of fish.

North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency has reported that Kim was concerned about the supply of fish in Pyongyang, and had looked into the matter the day before he died. North Korea announced on Monday that he died of a massive heart attack last Saturday.

The report, issued late on Friday, said Kim’s young son and heir, Kim Jong Un, "took all necessary measures to truck fresh fish to the capital city in time and supply the fish to the citizens, even in the mourning period".

North Korea is in official mourning until after Kim’s funeral on December 28-29.