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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 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 Kim in August 2011 General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea In office 8 October ...
The first of Kim Jong Il's titles. Has been in use since 1973 after Kim was secretly appointed as his father's successor and until it was officially announced in order to mention Kim Jong Il in press without calling him by name. [8] 웃분 Utpun Superior Person The title has been in use since the middle of the 1970s. [8] 친애하는 지도자
Kim Jong Il was known for his "Speed Battle Cut" crew cut when he first came to prominence in the early 1980s, though he later reverted to the short sided bouffant favored by his father. [3] After Kim Jong Il succeeded his father, some of the state's restrictions on Western fashion were relaxed.
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 ...
"Kim Jong Il was anointed as successor [to Kim Il Sung] in 1980 and his cult was built up long before he became leader. Kim Jong Un on the other hand was only introduced to North Koreans a year or ...
Born in 1988, according to the South Korean government, she is one of three children born to Kim's father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il, and his third known partner, former dancer Ko Yong Hui.
Kim Jong Il, who had studied under Hwang at Kim Il Sung University, [67] soon became the chief official ideologue of Juche and the ideology was coupled with dynastic succession. [68] According to Myers, the significance of the 1955 speech has only been applied retrospectively and erroneously.
Kim Jong Il relied solely on trains to visit Russia three times, including a 20,000 km trip to Moscow in 2001. The train was "a sweet home and an office," for Kim Jong Il, state television has said.