Kim Il Sung[d] (/ kɪm ɪlˈsʌŋ, - ˈsʊŋ /; [4] Korean: 김일성, Korean pronunciation: [kimils͈ʌŋ] ⓘ; born Kim Song Ju; [e][5][6][7][8] 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as Supreme Leader from its …

Feb 13, 2025 · Kim Il-Sung was the communist leader of North Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. He was the country’s premier from 1948 to 1972, chairman of its dominant Korean Workers’ Party from 1949, and president and head of state from 1972.

Apr 2, 2014 · Learn more about Kim Il-sung, the military-oriented premier and president of North Korea who headed the country for decades, at Biography.com.

Kim Jong Il was the ruler of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He succeeded his father, Kim Il-Sung, who became the first premier of the newly formed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948 and remained its leader until his death in 1994. The …

Mar 6, 2025 · The Science Library of Kim Il Sung University, the central base of training national cadres and the highest institution of Juche-oriented science⋯

Sep 12, 2023 · Kim Il-sung, born on April 15, 1912, in Mangyongdae, was the primary architect and first Supreme Leader of North Korea. His leadership spanned for more than four decades, shaping the country’s ideology and policies. Kim Il-sung is …

Kim Sun-il (Korean: 김선일; 13 September 1970- c. 22 June 2004) was a South Korean interpreter and Christian missionary who was kidnapped and murdered by decapitation in Iraq. Kim was born into a poor family and his biological mother died when he was nine years old.

Jul 3, 2019 · Kim Il-Sung (April 15, 1912–July 8, 1994) of North Korea established one of the world's most powerful cults of personality, known as the Kim Dynasty or Mount Paektu Bloodline.

Kim Il-sung (1912-1994), absolute ruler of North Korea for 46 years, was the first communist head of state to establish dynastic rule, enabling his son to succeed him. Kim Il-sung was born Kim Sung-ju on April 15, 1912, the son of a middle-class schoolmaster named Kim Hyung-jik in Pyongan-namdo, a northeastern province of Korea.

Kim Sum [1] (born Kim Sujin, 23 July 1974) is a South Korean writer, best known as the author of One Left (한명, 2016), a novel dealing with the issue of Korean comfort women in the Imperial Japanese Army.