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Jun 21, 2024 · Until 2012, it was the location of Kim Jong Il’s [KJI] #26 Residence (KJU and his siblings spent some of their childhoods here), the more modest residence of his sister Kim Kyong Hui (Kim Kyo’ng-hu’i), the residence of Jang Song Thaek (Chang So’ng-t’aek), KJI’s personal archives (including the storied film collection) and ...
2 days ago · The song "No Motherland Without You", sung by the KPA State Merited Choir, was created especially for Kim in 1992 and is frequently broadcast on the radio and from loudspeakers on the streets of Pyongyang.
2 days ago · In December 2013 Kim executed his uncle Jang Song-Thaek, saying that he had “removed the scum” from the KWP. Jang was a member of Kim Jong Il’s inner circle and had served as a virtual regent for the younger Kim after his father’s death.
4 days ago · The execution of Jang Song-Thaek, the most prominent pro-China voice in the upper echelons of North Korean politics, signaled an additional chilling of the relationship. Henceforth, any North Korean official who counseled rapprochement with Beijing risked association with the purged Jang.
Jun 13, 2024 · Marshal Kim Yong Chun in October 2009 with deceased former WPK Central Committee officials Pak Nam Gi (center) and Jang Song Thaek. Following Kim Jong Un’s assumption of power, Kim Yong Chun was replaced as defense minister.
4 days ago · Kim Jong Il and his brother-in-law Jang Song-Thaek ensured that Kim Yo-Jong would have a role in the succession, and she began to accompany her father at official functions.
Jun 17, 2024 · Jang Song Thaek (1946 – 2013) was widely regarded as the second-most-powerful person in North Korea before being branded a traitor and executed by his nephew, Kim Jong Un, in 2013.]
