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3 days ago · Kim Jong Il (/ ˌ k ɪ m dʒ ɒ ŋ ˈ ɪ l /; Korean: 김정일; Korean pronunciation: [kim.dzɔŋ.il]; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea.
Jun 20, 2024 · Kim Jong Il (1941–2011) was the ruler of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He succeeded his father, Kim Il-Sung, who was North Korea’s leader from 1948 until his death in 1994.
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Jun 18, 2024 · Putin hosts Kim Jong Il for subsequent meetings in Russia in 2001 and 2002. Mid-to-late 2000s — Despite warmer relations, Russia twice supports U.N. Security Council sanctions against North Korea over what was then a nascent nuclear weapons and missile program.
Jul 4, 2024 · Kim Il-Sung was the communist leader of North Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. He was the country’s premier from 1948 to 1972, chairman of its dominant Korean Workers’ Party from 1949, and president and head of state from 1972. Learn more about Kim’s life and career in this article.
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- When Japan annexed Korea in 1910, Kim Il-Sung was a child, and his parents were among the many Koreans who fled to Manchuria to escape Japanese rul...
- After fighting against the Japanese during World War II, Kim Il-Sung returned to Soviet-occupied North Korea as a hero. With Soviet support, he qui...
- Kim Il-Sung’s philosophy of juche (”self-reliance”) became the guiding principle of North Korea’s austere, highly militarized society and the found...
- After the death of Kim Il-Sung in 1994, a nationwide period of mourning was declared, and more than a million people took to the streets of P'yŏngy...
Jul 8, 2024 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended Monday a national memorial service in Pyongyang for his grandfather and the country's founder Kim Il Sung to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his death, state-run media said.
Jul 3, 2024 · North Koreans are required to wear pins with images of the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung, or his son Kim Jong Il. Now the current leader is expanding his own personality cult.
Jun 18, 2024 · Putin visits Pyongyang in July of that year to meet with Kim Jong Il, the second-generation North Korean leader. The two issue joint criticism of U.S. missile defense plans.
