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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 (born February 16, 1941, Siberia, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died December 17, 2011) was the ruler of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He succeeded his father, Kim Il-Sung, who became the first premier of the newly formed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948 and remained its leader until his death in 1994. Birth, education, and early role in government. The official North Korean version of Kim Jong Il’s life diverges from what historians and journalists outside of North Korea ...
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 on 17 December at 8:30 am of a massive heart attack while travelling by train to an area outside Pyongyang.Reportedly, he had received medical treatment for cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases, and during the trip, Kim was said to have had an "advanced acute myocardial infarction, complicated with a serious heart shock". However, it was ...
Dec 21, 2011 · Kim Jong-il had been in the process of formalising Kim Jong-un as his successor when he died. But the transition had not been completed and analysts fear Mr Kim's death could trigger a period of ...
Dec 16, 2021 · The 10th anniversary of the death of North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Il should focus global attention on the brutal rule of his son Kim Jong Un, Human Rights Watch said today. Kim Jong Il ...
Dec 19, 2011 · Kim Jong-il’s death came after a long illness, dating to 2008, that American intelligence agencies believed involved some form of a stroke. The North has indicated he was 69 years old, but ...
Dec 19, 2011 · Kim Jong-il's love of the cinema bordered on the obsessive. He is said to have collected a library of 20,000 Hollywood movies and to have even written a book on the cinema. Elizabeth Taylor was ...
Kim Jong-Un is a North Korean political official who succeeded his father, Kim Jong Il, as leader of North Korea (2011– ). The youngest of Kim Jong Il’s three sons, Kim Jong-Un lived most of his life out of the public eye, and little was known about him. Reportedly educated in Gümligen,
Dec 19, 2011 · Kim Jong-il, the son of North Korea's founder, visiting a farm in 2003. An unknowable figure, even his exact birth date was unclear. Credit... Korean Central News Agency, via European Pressphoto ...
May 17, 2018 · Kim Jong Il >Kim Jong Il (born 1941) was the eldest son of Kim Il-sung, the founder and >leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea [1], and his heir >apparent. After 1985 he began to take part in North Korean state activities >and to acquire honorific titles.
