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Following Kim Jong Il's death in 2011, a similar statue of him was erected on the north side of Kim Il Sung. At the same time, Kim Il Sung's statue was altered to portray him at a later age and smiling. Kim Il Sung's original Mao suit was also replaced with a Western-style suit. The statue of Kim Jong Il initially featured a long coat but it ...
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 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994 In this Korean name, the family name is Kim. Eternal President Kim Il Sung 김일성 Posthumous portrait 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-chol ...
Several large-scale bronze statues have been erected alongside statues of Kim Il Sung. They include a 5.7-meter (19-foot) statue of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung each riding a horse (the first large monument built after Kim Jong Il's death) [68] and a 23-meter (75-foot) tall statue at Mansudae, Pyongyang. [69]
The Korean Revolution Museum (Korean: 조선혁명박물관), located in Pyongyang, North Korea, [2] was founded on August 1, 1948, and holds a large exhibition of items related to Kim Il Sung and the Korean revolutionary movement.
The statue was unveiled on 15 April 1961, the 49th birthday of Kim Il Sung. [1] The impetus to build the monument was Kim Il Sung's speech "Let Us Further Develop Popular Art" given to rural amateur artist groups on 7 March 1961. [4] [1] The Chollima Statue was awarded the People's Prize. [5]
Cuban leader Fidel Castro visited in 1986. [6] Cuba was one of the few countries that showed solidarity with North Korea by boycotting the Seoul Olympics in 1988. [5] Fidel Castro wrote that in the 1980s Kim Il Sung, "a veteran and irreproachable combatant, sent us 100,000 AK-47 rifles and its corresponding ammo without charging a cent". [7]
A small metal equestrian statue of a horseman and ornate chess-boards from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. [15] A crocodile-skin suitcase from former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. [15] A gem-encrusted silver sword and a miniature of a mosque made from mother of pearl, given by former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. [15]