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Kim Il Sung (/ k ɪ m ɪ l ˈ s ʌ ŋ,-ˈ s ʊ ŋ /; Korean: 김일성, Korean pronunciation: [kimils͈ʌŋ]; born Kim Sung Ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as Supreme Leader from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.
Jun 19, 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.
Jul 3, 2019 · Known For: Prime Minister, Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1948–1972, President 1972–1994, and establishing the Kim Dynasty in Korea. Born: April 15, 1912 in Mangyongdae, Pyongyang, Korea. Parents: Kim Hyong-jik and Kang Pan-sok. Died: July 8, 1994 at Hyangsan Residence, North Pyongan province, North Korea.
Jul 10, 1994 · Kim Il Sung was born to a peasant couple in a small, mud-walled house on the outskirts of Pyongyang on April 15, 1912, shortly after the Japanese began their formal...
Jul 7, 1994 · Kim Il Sung (kĬm Ĭl sŏŏng), 1912–94, North Korean political leader, chief of state of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea [1] (1948–94); originally named Kim Sung Chu.
Kim Jong Il 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. The official North Korean version of Kim Jong Il’s life
Sep 2, 2021 · The Kim family have ruled North Korea for over seven decades but how did the original "Great Leader" get the job? Questions surround the early days of Kim Il-sung and his dynasty.
Jul 9, 1994 · Kim Il Sung, the North Korean leader since 1945 and the man who led the invasion of the South and beganthe Korean War, died at 2 a.m. on Friday at the age of 82, Pyongyang Radio said...
Jul 9, 1994 · Kim Il Sung, the Communist dictator who ruled North Korea for more than four decades and pushed the isolated regime to the brink of nuclear confrontation with the world, died of a heart...
Kim Il-sung (1912-1994), absolute ruler of North Korea for 46 years, was the first communist head of state to establish dynastic rule, enabling his son to succeed him. Kim Il-sung was born Kim Sung-ju on April 15, 1912, the son of a middle-class schoolmaster named Kim Hyung-jik in Pyongan-namdo, a northeastern province of Korea.
