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    Kim Jong Il (/ˌkɪm dʒɒŋˈɪl/; Korean: 김정일; Korean pronunciation: [kim.dzɔŋ.il]; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011)...
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    since 2012. He is the third son of Kim Jong Il, who was the second supreme leader of North Korea, and a grandson of Kim Il Sung, the founder and first supreme...
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  • Kim Jong-nam (Korean: 김정남, Korean: [kim.dzɔŋ.nam]; 10 May 1971 – 13 February 2017) was the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. From roughly...
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    North Korean leader Kim Il Sung's first wife, former leader Kim Jong Il's mother, and current leader Kim Jong Un's grandmother. Kim Jong Suk was born on Christmas...
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    The death of Kim Jong Il was reported by North Korean state television news on 19 December 2011. The presenter Ri Chun-hee announced that he had died...
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    from 2020 to 2021. Kim is the youngest child of North Korea's second Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il and the younger sister of Kim Jong Un, the current supreme...
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  • Kim Jong-chul (Korean: 김정철; born 25 September 1981), sometimes spelled Kim Jong Chol, is a son of former North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il. His younger...
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    to Kim Il Sung, the country's founder and first leader. Juche was originally regarded as a variant of Marxism–Leninism until Kim Jong Il, Kim Il Sung's...
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    Sung's role as supreme leader was passed on to his son Kim Jong Il, and then to his grandson Kim Jong Un. All three men have served as leaders of the WPK...
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  • founding leader Kim Il Sung and his first wife Kim Jong-suk. He was the younger brother of Kim Jong Il, the second leader of North Korea. Soviet records...
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    former leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, and the only surviving son of former leader and president of North Korea Kim Il Sung. He worked as a diplomat...
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  • daughter of the founding North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and the sister of the late leader Kim Jong Il. She currently serves as Secretary for Organization...
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    new buildings. Portraits of Kim Jong Il have been hung next to Kim Il Sung since the late 1970s. A portrait of Kim Jong Un was displayed for the first...
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    oldest son Kim Jong Il was elected to be a Presidium member and chosen to be his successor, thus establishing the Kim dynasty. Kim was born Kim Song Ju to...
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    as his father and Jong Il's demise was announced two days later. On the late morning just before 12:00 noon of 7 July 1994, Kim Il Sung collapsed at his...
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    the country, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, officially referred to as "eternal leaders of Korea". The personality cult began soon after Kim Il Sung took power...
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    a synthesis of the ideas of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. The party is committed to Juche, an ideology attributed to Kim Il Sung which promotes national...
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    Korean founder Kim Il Sung, the paternal grandfather of Kim Jong Il, and a great-grandfather of the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. Little is...
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  • first met Kim Il Sung in 1948. She was hired to work in his residence as an assistant to Kim Jong-suk, Kim Il Sung's first wife. After Kim Jong-suk's 1949...
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  • Kim Han-sol (Korean: 김한솔, born 16 June 1995) is the eldest son of Kim Jong-nam and a grandson of the former North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il. His father...
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    Republic of Korea, Kim Il Sung, the great-grandfather of Kim Jong Il, and great-great-grandfather of the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. He is buried...
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    2012 marked the centenary of the birth of Kim Il Sung. On the Day of the Sun that year, current leader Kim Jong Un gave his first public speech. Massive...
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  • Kim Jong Il, the former leader of North Korea, received numerous titles during his rule. Despite his death in 2011, he is currently the Eternal Chairman...
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    have attended 2002–2007. Kim Pyong-il, half-brother of Kim Jong Il and ambassador to Czech Republic Kim Yo-jong, sister of Kim Jong Un, said to have studied...
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    Kim Jong Il. Along with the Day of the Sun, the birthday of his father Kim Il Sung, it is the most important public holiday in the country. Kim Jong Il...
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    Kim Ok (김옥; born 28 August 1964) is a former North Korean government employee who served as Kim Jong Il's personal secretary from the 1980s until his...
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  • 1970s, but he fell out of favour in 1974 following a power struggle with Kim Jong Il. From 1998 until his death in 2021, he held the ceremonial position of...
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  • Kim Young-sook (김영숙; born 1947) was the second wife of Kim Jong Il.[failed verification] She was the daughter of a high-ranking military official, and...
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  • Kim Sol-song (Korean: 김설송; born 30 December 1973) is the daughter of North Korea's former leader Kim Jong Il and Kim Young-sook. She has been active within...
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  • Kim Ju-ae (Korean: 김주애; born c. 2012–2013) is the daughter of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol-ju. Kim Ju-ae is generally believed...
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