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The Mansudae Grand Monument in Pyongyang in 2014 depicting Kim Il Sung (left) and Kim Jong Il (right), with visitors paying homage to the statues. [1]The North Korean cult of personality surrounding the Kim family [2] has existed in North Korea for decades and can be found in many examples of North Korean culture. [3]
[2] [3] He would send troops all over the country to unearth sites that "were supposedly once forgotten and undiscovered". [4] By converting North Korea into a "huge open museum", [ 5 ] Kim's goal in designating the sites was to solidify the North Korean cult of personality centered around him and his father Kim Il Sung .
The Ten Principles have come to supersede the Constitution of North Korea and edicts by the Workers' Party of Korea, and in practice, serve as the supreme law of the country. [6] [7] [8] In North Korea, the Ten Principles must be memorized by every citizen, and they ensure absolute loyalty and obedience to Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong ...
The Kapsan faction incident (Korean: 갑산파 사건) was an unsuccessful attempt to undermine the power of Kim Il Sung, the leader of North Korea, around the year 1967. The "Kapsan faction" was a group of veterans of the anti-Japanese struggle of the 1930s and 1940s that was initially close to Kim Il Sung.
North Korea displayed the portrait of Kim Jong Un next to those of his father and grandfather — a significant step in cementing his status as leader of the nuclear-armed state.
Pulgasari [a] is an epic monster film [i] Shin Sang-ok directed and produced in 1985 during his abduction in North Korea.A co-production between North Korea, Japan, and China, it is considered a remake of Bulgasari, a lost 1962 South Korean film that also depicts the eponymous creature from Korean folklore.
"We Will Go to Mount Paektu" is a 2015 North Korean light music song in praise of the country's leader, Kim Jong Un. [2] [3]The song is important politically, and its lyrics recount a highly symbolic trek onto Mount Paektu, important in North Korean propaganda, by Kim Jong Un.
The 2015 Russian documentary Under the Sun, directed by Vitaly Mansky, provides a rare and critical glimpse into life in North Korea. The film follows an eight-year-old girl, Zin-mi, over the course of a year as she prepares to join the Korean Children's Union on the Day of the Shining Star, a national holiday marking Kim Jong-il's birthday.