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Kim Jong Il

 or Kim Chong Il

(born Feb. 16, 1941, Siberia, Russia, U.S.S.R.) Son of Kim Il-sung. He was designated his father's successor in 1980 and became North Korea's de facto leader on his father's death in 1994. Known in North Korea as the Dear Leader, he makes few public appearances. After the onset of a severe famine (1995–98), he began to relax his country's extreme isolationism.

Kim Jong Il
born 1942, Korean politician; ruler of North Korea from 1994, official head of state from 1998: son of Kim Il Sung


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Byline: AFP SEOUL: North Korea has been using Bill Clinton s visit to Pyongyang last week to promote leader Kim Jong-Il s son as the communist nation s next head of state, a news report said Sunday.
N Korea using Clinton visit to promote Kim s son by Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)
North Korea, the world's first communist dynasty, used similar campaigns when Kim Jong-Il was preparing to inherit power from his father Kim Il-Sung, who founded the country, Yonhap said.
N.Korea using Clinton visit 'to promote Kim's son' by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
6 (ANI): North Korea said on Monday that its leader Kim Jong-il was present at Sunday's controversial rocket launch and praised scientists after watching a satellite propelled into orbit.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was'present' at missile launch by Asian News International
 
 
 
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