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4 days ago · North Korea - Nuclear, Juche, Reunification: Kim Il-Sung died on July 8, 1994, and his son Kim Jong Il succeeded him. However, he did not assume the posts of secretary-general of the KWP or president of North Korea. Instead, he consolidated his power over several years.
2 days ago · 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. Learn more about Kim’s life and career in this article.
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4 days ago · North Koreans are required to wear pins over their hearts which for decades bore images of either the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung, or his son Kim Jong Il, or both. The existence of pins dedicated to Kim Jong Un had not been verified until state media published photos on Sunday showing officials wearing his pins at a ruling Workers’ Party meeting.
4 days ago · North Korea introduced the Kim Il-sung badges in 1970 after the country’s founder purged all his domestic competitors to establish a monolithic rule. Kim Il-sung then was 58 years old. Kim Jong ...
3 days ago · By Hyung-jin Kim. July 3, 2024 8:05 AM PT. SEOUL —. For the first time, North Korean officials have been seen wearing lapel pins with the image of leader Kim Jong Un, another sign the North is ...
4 days ago · North Korea - Relations, South, Tensions: After the death of Kim Il-Sung and through the early years of the Kim Jong Il regime, the situation between North and South remained fairly static, although the countries participated in multiparty negotiations on nuclear issues and South Korea supplied aid to the North.
5 days ago · North Koreans are required to wear pins over their hearts which for decades bore images of either the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung, or his son Kim Jong Il, or both.
