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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 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 Posthumous Portrait General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea In office 8 October ...
The death of Kim Jong Il (Korean: 김정일의 죽음과 국장) was reported by North Korean state television news on 19 December 2011. [1] The presenter Ri Chun-hee announced that he had died on 17 December at 8:30 am of a massive heart attack while traveling by train to an area outside Pyongyang.
Ko was the de facto First Lady of North Korea from Kim Jong Il's becoming of leader in 1994 until her death in 2004. The couple had two sons, Kim Jong-chul (born 1981) and Kim Jong Un (born 1982 or 1983), and one daughter, Kim Yo Jong (born 1987). [24] After Ko Yong Hui's death, Kim Jong Il was married to his personal secretary, Kim Ok. [17]
Kim Jong Un [d] (born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) [b] is a North Korean politician and dictator who has been the third Supreme Leader of North Korea since December 2011 and general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012.
In October 1980, Kim Jong Il was introduced to the public at the Sixth Party Congress as the successor to Kim Il Sung. [111] In 1972, Kim Jong Il had established himself as a leading theoretician with the publication of On the Juche Idea. [112] and in 1974, he had been officially confirmed as his father's successor. [113]
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 ...
After three years in prison, Shin was united with Choi, and the two were instructed by Kim Jong Il to make films for him to gain global recognition for North Korea's film industry. [4] Shin directed seven films for Kim from 1984 until 1985: An Emissary of No Return , Love, Love, My Love , Runaway , Breakwater , Salt , The Tale of Shim Chong ...
"In North Korea, terrorism is a political tool that protects the highest dignity of Kim Jong-Il and Kim Jong-Un. "It was a gift to demonstrate the successor's loyalty to his great leader."