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Kim Il-sung |
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Kim Il-sung(born April 15, 1912, Man'gyondae, Korea—died July 8, 1994, P'yongyang) Communist leader of North Korea from 1948 until his death. When Korea was effectively divided between a Soviet-occupied northern half and a U.S.-supported southern half at the end of World War II, Kim Il-sung helped establish a communist provisional government and became its first premier. The North invaded South Korea in an attempt to reunify the country, but the subsequent Korean War ended without reunification. After the war, Kim introduced a philosophy of self-reliance (juche) under which North Korea tried to develop its economy with little help from foreign countries. His omnipresent personality cult enabled him to rule unchallenged for 46 years in one of the world's most-isolated societies. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The structure of power in Pyongyang has remained unchanged since its inception--surviving, indeed, being enhanced by a dynastic transfer of power in 1994 from the father and "Great Leader" Kim Il-sung to his only begotten son and the "Dear Leader", Kim Jong-il. This move is eerily similar to the 1994 nepotistic succession in Communist North Korea, where Stalinist dictator Kim Il-sung arranged for his son, Kim Jong-Il, to take command at his death. News & World Report observed that up to 17,000 acres of farmland have been locked up by state-mandated opium farming, which began in the mid-1980s under dictator Kim Il-Sung, the present dictator's late father. |
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