Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Kim family, officially the Mount Paektu bloodline (Korean: 백두혈통), named for Paektu Mountain, in the ideological discourse of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), and often referred to as the Kim dynasty after the Cold War's end, is a three-generation lineage of North Korean leadership, descending from the country's founder and first leader, Kim Il Sung.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994 In this Korean name, the family name is Kim. Eternal President Kim Il Sung 김일성 Official portrait, 1966 General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea In office 12 October 1966 – 8 July 1994 Secretary See list Choe Yong-gon Kim Il Pak Kum ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 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 Kim family dynasty that has ruled North Korea since its founding after World War Two has sought to strengthen its grip on power by building cults of personality around itself.
On Wednesday, North Korea’s state media released a photo showing Kim Jong Un’s large portrait hung on the wall of a building alongside those of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, during his recent ...
Since taking power in late 2011, Kim, the third generation of his family to rule North Korea, is believed to have established an absolute leadership similar to his predecessors. North Korea's Kim ...
Kim Jong Il appointed his youngest son, Kim Jong Un, as his successor at the 3rd WPK Conference in 2010, and his son succeeded him in early 2011. [49] Because of the familial succession and the appointment of family members to high office, the Kim family has been called a dynasty and a royal family. [119]
Despite the elder Kim's plans, it was not immediately clear after his death whether Kim Jong Un would in fact take full power, and what his exact role in a new government would be. [67] Some analysts had predicted that when Kim Jong Il died, Jang Song Thaek would act as regent , as Kim Jong Un was too inexperienced to immediately lead the country.