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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994 In this Korean name, the family name is Kim. Eternal President Kim Il Sung 김일성 Official portrait, 1966 General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea In office 12 October 1966 – 8 July 1994 Secretary See list Choe Yong-gon Kim Il Pak Kum ...
On Wednesday, North Korea’s state media released a photo showing Kim Jong Un’s large portrait hung on the wall of a building alongside those of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, during his recent ...
Kim Il Sung died of a heart attack in the early morning of 8 July 1994 at age 82. North Korea's government did not report the death for more than 34 hours after it occurred. . An official mourning period was declared from 8–17 July, during which the national flag was flown at half mast throughout the country, and all forms of amusement and dancing were prohibit
Displaying a portrait of Kim Il Sung in every house became mandatory in the 1970s. The state distributed such portraits and instructed people to display them in their living rooms. [3] By Kim Il Sung's 60th birthday in 1972, North Korea had more leader portraits than the Soviet Union or China ever did. [2]
The photographs appeared to be the first time state media was publishing his portrait hanging beside those of state founder Kim Il Sung and his late father Kim Jong Il, who ruled the nation until ...
Every North Korean is given a lapel badge when they turn 12 bearing the image of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and it must be worn whenever they leave home.
In 1972, the presidency was established, and Kim Il Sung was elected to the position by the Supreme People's Assembly, the North Korean legislature, on 28 December 1972. Kim served as president until 1994 when he died, and the position was left vacant and his son and successor Kim Jong Il was not given the title.
Yvonne Schulz Zinda said, "The Kim rulers are exaggerated, almost godlike perceived." And according to Zinda, it all started with Kim’s grandfather, Kim Il-sung.