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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011 For the South Korean long jumper, see Kim Jong-il (long jumper). In this Korean name, the family name is Kim. Eternal General Secretary Kim Jong Il 김정일 Kim in August 2011 General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea In office 8 October ...
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]
In the treatise, Kim Jong Il links the birth of the Juche idea to Kim Il Sung's personal history as a guerrilla fighter during the anti-Japanese struggle. [10] On the Juche Idea thus furthered Kim Il-sung's cult of personality. [11] Publishing the treatise helped Kim Jong Il to gain legitimacy, [12] particularly emphasizing his intellectual ...
In many pictures with Kim Jong ... A professor of Korean Studies at the University of Hamburg says the emotion is part of a cult of personality. ... it all started with Kim’s grandfather, Kim Il ...
Kimilsungism (김일성주의) and the Ten Principles for the Establishment of a Monolithic Ideological System were formally introduced by Kim Jong Il in 1974. [90] Kim Jong Il reportedly did so to strengthen his position within the WPK, taking advantage of his father's political supremacy. [90]
By RYAN GORMAN A former bodyguard to North Korean leader for life Kim Jong-il has detailed his bizarre taekwondo-based training regimen. Lee Young-guk guarded "Dear Leader" for 10 years until he ...
Citizens of North Korea bow to statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in 2012. The cult of personality which surrounds North Korea's ruling family, the Kim family, [103] has existed for decades and it can be found in many aspects of North Korean culture. [104]
Owen Miller, a Korea expert at SOAS, told The Independent: "They [North Korea] might consider it too soon to take Kim Jong Un's personality cult up to that level. "Kim Jong Il was anointed as ...