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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]
Kim To-man was a faction member of the Kapsan faction, [1] whose ringleader, Pak Kum-chol sought to introduce economic reforms, challenge Kim Il Sung's cult of personality, and appoint himself as Kim Il Sung's successor. [1]
The cult is also marked by the intensity of the people's feelings for and devotion to their leaders, [107] and the key role played by a Confucianized ideology of familism both in maintaining the cult and thereby in sustaining the regime itself. The North Korean cult of personality is a large part of Juche and totalitarianism.
North Korea, [d] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), [e] is a country in East Asia.It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
The Ten Principles have come to supersede the Constitution of North Korea and edicts by the Workers' Party of Korea, and in practice, serve as the supreme law of the country. [6] [7] [8] In North Korea, the Ten Principles must be memorized by every citizen, and they ensure absolute loyalty and obedience to Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong ...
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Locations of all known Korean creation narratives. Korean creation narratives are Korean shamanic narratives which recount the mythological beginnings of the universe.They are grouped into two categories: the eight narratives of mainland Korea, which were transcribed by scholars between the 1920s and 1980s, and the Cheonji-wang bon-puri narrative of southern Jeju Island, which exists in ...
In April 2010, North Korea watchers inferred an unannounced visit to China by Kim, based on the supposed sighting of his train in the Chinese border city of Dandong; [22] soon, however, it was learned that the train in question was just a regular cargo train, and Kim remained in North Korea. [23]