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Kim Hyong Jik (Korean: 김형직; 10 July 1894 – 5 June 1926) was a Korean independence activist during Japanese rule. He was the father of the North 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.
Kim Il Sung was born in Mangyongdae Guyok to Methodist parents. His father Kim Hyong Jik was 15 when he married Kang Pan Sok two years his elder. Kim Hyong Jik had attended a school founded by Protestant missionaries, which influenced his own family.
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Kim Hyong Jik ( Korean: 김형직; 10 July 1894 – 5 June 1926) was a Korean independence activist during Japanese rule. He was the father of the North 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.
He was the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) from 1949 to 1994 (titled as chairman from 1949 to 1966 and as general secretary after 1966).
Sep 25, 2018 · Kim Il-sung, the first supreme leader of North Korea, was born in 1912 and became a guerrilla fighter against Japan. His father, Kim Hyong-jik, was a teacher and self-taught physician who taught him about communism and patriotism.
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Jun 7, 2014 · Kim Hyong Jik, who rendered immortal services to be recorded forever in the history of the Korean anti-Japanese national liberation struggle, left valuable legacies of the Korean revolution to be carried on generation after generation.
