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Supreme leader Took office Left office Time in office Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Tu-bong 김두봉 (1889–1958) 9 September 1948 20 September 1957 9 years, 11 days Workers' Party of North Korea: 1st SPA: Kim Il Sung: Workers' Party of Korea: Choe Yong-gon 최용건 (1900–1976) 20 September 1957 28 ...
The supreme leader of North Korea (Korean: 최고령도자; MR: Ch'oego Ryŏngdoja) is the de facto hereditary leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea, the state and the Korean People's Army. The title is honorary, given only after death in the first two cases.
Like his father and son, when his name is written, it is always emphasised by a special bold font or in a larger font size, for example: "The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il provides on-the-spot guidance to the Ragwon Machine Complex." or "The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il provides on-the-spot guidance to the Ragwon Machine Complex." [1] [2]
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un visited the bier of Kim at 2 a.m. on Wednesday to pay tribute "with bitter grief over the loss of a veteran revolutionary who had remained boundlessly loyal" to the ...
The portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was publicly displayed along with those of his father and grandfather for the first time, sparking speculation about the message it sends. Portraits ...
Under Kim Jong Un, North Korea has continued to develop nuclear weapons, testing bombs in February 2013, January and September 2016, and September 2017. [158] As of 2021, North Korea had tested nearly 120 missiles, four times more than in the time of his father and grandfather. [109] [86] By 2023, this climbed up to a total of 226. [159]
Video filmed by KCNA, which could not be independently verified by Reuters, showed North Korean people bowing and offering flowers to the statues of former leaders, Kim Jong Il and his father Kim ...
The president of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 주석) was the head of state of North Korea from 1972 to 1998. The position was only occupied by Kim Il Sung from 1972 until his death in 1994 .