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The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun (Korean: 금수산태양궁전), formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace (금수산기념궁전), is a building near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang that serves as the mausoleum for Kim Il Sung, first Supreme Leader and founder of North Korea, and for his son Kim Jong Il, whose preserved bodies have been displayed publicly since their deaths in 1994 ...
The compound was constructed in the 1980s and expanded in the 1990s under the order of Kim Jong Il. [6] It contains buildings for Kim Jong Il, his late wife Ko Yong-hui, his sister Kim Kyong-hui and his brother-in-law Jang Sung-taek. [7] The area is mostly used as a summer residence, to spend holidays [8] or for parties with close officials. [6]
The residence is located in Ryongsong District in northern Pyongyang, [4] around 12 km (7.5 mi) northeast of Kim Il Sung Square. The size of the whole leadership complex is around 12 km 2 (4.6 sq mi). [5] According to Kim Jong Il's former bodyguard Lee Young Guk, there are at least eight North Korean leaders' residences outside Pyongyang. [6]
There are more than a dozen leader's residences in North Korea, according to Kim Jong Il's former bodyguard Lee Young-kuk. [1] Many of the residences were identified on satellite images [2] in the North Korea Uncovered project. [3] Ryongsong Residence is the central residence of Kim Jong Un. [4]
[1] [2] He reportedly took over the residence from his father, Kim Jong-il after the elder Kim's death in 2011. [3] The residence is located near Sinuiju, in the North P'yŏngan province of North Korea. [4] Public knowledge about the residence came to light through the North Korea Uncovered project. [5] [2]
"Kim Jong Il was anointed as successor [to Kim Il Sung] in 1980 and his cult was built up long before he became leader. Kim Jong Un on the other hand was only introduced to North Koreans a year or ...
Their birthdays — April 15 for Kim Il Sung, and Feb. 16 for Kim Jong Il — are typically celebrated with tributes to their giant statues, dance parties, fireworks and art performances.
Following the death of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in 1994, he was embalmed by Russian scientists. He is displayed in a mausoleum in the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang. After Kim Jong Il died in 2011, he joined his father on display after being embalmed by scientists from the Lenin Lab in a laboratory that was built into the ...