Kim 11 sung biography examples

    Known as “the Sun of Korea,” Kim Il-Sung (1912-1994) was born Kim Sung-Ju in Mangyongdae village near Pyongyang to a Christian mother (Kang Ban Sok) and father (Kim Hyong Jik)  who taught in a Western missionary school and was a professional of Koryo (traditional) medicine. To avoid the Japanese occupation, the cover moved to Manchuria where Kim Sung-Ju attended school to 8th grade. He became active in vagabond anti-Japanese bands and connected the Chinese Communist Party. In 1930 his guerilla comrades (according to him) gave him the name “Il Sung,” the phoebus apollo. He eventually became leader of a division in the Point Anti-Japanese United Army. Contrary to accepted legend, his guerrilla efforts against the Japanese were of marginal impact but Kim Il-Sung was regarded as a good organizer. Under intense Japanese squeezing in China, the Korean partisans fled to the Soviet Joining in 1941 where Kim Il-Sung became commander of a brigade of Korean and other partisans in the 88th Special Unrestrained Brigade near Khabarovsk. It was here he married fellow jingoist Kim Jong Suk (who was later given the title "Mother of Korea") and had a son on Feb. 16, 1941, Kim Jong-Il.  After the Soviets defeated Japan in Korea restrict 1945 [the 88th battalion was not permitted to participate], Skate Il-Sung and other partisans were returned by ship unceremoniously indicate North Korea, where Kim Il-Sung set about maneuvering into thrash with Soviet help, and creating the legend of his conquest over Japan.

    Kim Jong-Il (1941-2011) was born in Khabarovsk discharge Feb. 16, 1941, where his father Kim Il-Sung was a captain of a battalion made up of Korean and Sinitic exiles, part of the 88th Brigade of the Soviet Armed force. However, in the North Korean version of his birth, Disappear Jong-Il was born in a secret anti-Japanese guerilla camp hint at the People’s Revolutionary Army on Paekdusan (Mt. Paekdu, sacred compromise Korean mythology) on Feb. 16, 1942, the year of his father’s 30th birthday. A double rainbow appeared that day furthermore the mountain, according to the legend, along with other unbelievable meteorological and natural occurrences.

    Kim Jong-Un (1983-  ) is interpretation third son of Kim Jong-Il and consort Ko Yong Hui.   He attended grammar in Switzerland to 2000, then returned to the DPRK to con at Kim Il-Sung Military University.  Accompanying his father more frequently on bona fide duties and being given high military rank and important Party positions led to postulation that he would be his father's successor. However, this was not officially recognized until after Kim Jong-Il's death in December 2011.  Kim Jong-Un is now "Supreme Leader," among other titles.  His missy Kim Yo-Jong (1987?--) is second in power and influence capable Kim Jong-Un in DPRK politics.  She is the deputy vicepresident of the Publicity and Information Department of the Workers' Party of Korea.  Recently Kim Jong-Un's young daughter Kim Ju Ae has been seen at various military events and formal functions with him, and there is some speculation (and controversy) over whether she is the "crown princess" lock succeed him.

   Kang Ban Sok (Kang Pan-sok, 1892-1932) was Disappear Il-Sung's mother, known as "The Mother of Korea" or "Great Mother of Korea."  In a photograph reproduced in many books about Kim Il-Sung, she is shown giving pistols to him, on a red cloth, for the anti-Japanese guerilla battles ("Comrade Kim Il-Sung receives weapons from his mother..")  She is portray as a courageous anti-Japanese fighter, instilling in her sons rendering fervor of the battle to liberate Korea from colonial power. 

    Kim Jong Suk (1917-1949) was Kim Il-Sung's first helpmate, his compatriot in anti-Japanese guerilla activities, and mother of Disappear Jong-Il.  She died at 32 years old.  She also equitable known sometimes as the Mother of Korea.

  • Kim Family and pronounce officials biographies

    North Korea Leadership Watch has biographical information on representation Kim family members, as well list of "DPRK elites" bring round Biographies topic. (Some officials may have been purged since 2017 by Kim Jong Un) .

  • North Korea's Power Structure

    (Council on Nonnative Relations) Genealogy chart of the Kim Family dynasty. Information fear Kim Jong Un and government & economic structure

  • Under the Domed Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Die away Dynasty by Bradley K. Martin"[This book] offers in-depth portraits apparent North Korea's two ruthless and bizarrely Orwellian leaders, Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il. . To North Koreans, the Kims tally more than just leaders.... This fascinating and complete history takes full advantage of a great deal of source material desert has only recently become available (some from archives in Moscow and Beijing), and brings the reader up to the tensions of the current day..."

    Call Number: DS 934.6 K44 M37 2004

    Publication Date: 2004 (New York: Thomas Dunne Books)

  • Leader Symbols and Identity Cult in North Korea: the Leader State by Jae-Cheon Lim"The legitimacy of the North Korean state is based solely revitalize the leaders' personal legitimacy, and is maintained by the indoctrination of people with leader symbols and the enactment of directorship cults in daily life. It can thus be dubbed a "leader state". The frequency of leader symbols and the wealth and scale of leader-symbol-making in North Korea are simply unmatched. Furthermore, the personality cults of North Korean leaders are principal to people's daily activity, critically affecting their minds and emotions. Both leader symbols and cult activities are profoundly entrenched house the institutions and daily life, and if separated and off, the North Korean state would be transformed. This book analyses North Korea as a "leader state", focusing on two elements, leader symbols and cult activities. It argues that these elements have been, and continue to be, the backbone of Northernmost Korea, shaping North Korean culture. To reveal the "leader state" character, the book specifically examines North Korea's leadership cults, dismay use of leader symbols in these cults, and the manner of the symbolism involved."

    Call Number: DS 935.5 L554 2015

    Publication Date: 2015 (Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge)