Kim Il Sung
Born April 15,
P'yongi, Korea
Died July 7,
North Korea
Chief of state of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Like many communist countries, political authority in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) is split between the government and a powerful communist party, the Korean Workers' Party. Kim Il Sung was premier and then president of the North Korean government and also the general secretary (leader) of the Korean Workers' Party from the foundation of the country in Holding the two most powerful positions in the country, he was the absolute ruler of North Korea for forty-six years, until his death in Developing a "cult of personality" around himself as a ruler of almost godlike stature, the "Great Leader" of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea governed his country with an iron grip.
Childhood of exile in China
Kim Il Sung was born Kim Sung-ju (Kim Sung-chu) on April 15, , the son of a schoolmaster in Pyongyang in northeastern Korea. Korea was annexed by Japan (incorporated and forcibly ruled as part of Japan) two years before Kim's birth. Japan's colonial domination become progressively harsher, and in about Kim fle
As Kim Yo-jong&#;s role becomes more prominent in the North Korean system, benefits can accrue from revisiting the foundations of the state itself, and the stories that North Koreans are taught.
North Korea was brought into being by Soviet power and shaped by Soviet political structures and ideas. As it evolved and the Cold War led to fractures in the communist bloc, North Korea’s origin myths shifted away from socialist internationalism and became more and more centered on the personality of Kim Il-sung, specifically rooted in his experience and mythos of anti-Japanese guerrilla struggle along the eastern periphery of Manchuria.
Adam Cathcart and Christopher Green are fresh from some recent work on North Korean historiography and the meaning of Northeast China, or the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, within it. Here they share a few ways in which this work aligns with more urgent questions about North Korean leadership, as well as the socialization and education of the North Korean populace at large. – Tony Rinna, Senior Editor
The Manchuria Myth: History and Power in North Korea
by Adam Cathcart and Christopher Green
For as long as DPR Korea exists as a st
Kim Il-sung as a child, with his parents. The &#;Mad Men&#; of Kim Family hagiography would go to great literary and imaginary lengths to depict this family as the revolutionary founders of the modern Korean nation. | Image: KCNA
In his previous essay for Sino-NK, Christopher Richardson delved into the childhood hagiography of Kim Jong-il, discovering in the manger a “heaven-sent boy” destined to become a General. In this rousing sequel (or is that prequel?), Richardson explores the childhood hagiography of Kim Il-sung, “the master narrative from which all others derive.” From the depths of antiquity to intimations of the future, Richardson explores the role of narrative in the construction of state power in the DPRK, before ruminating upon the nature of totalitarian control in a changing information environment. &#; Steven Denney, Managing Editor
Hagiography of the Kims & the Childhood of Saints: Kim Il-sung
by Christopher Richardson
“For he is our childhood’s pattern / Day by day, like us He grew…”
— Once In Royal David’s City
In the Beginning: From Genesis to Kim Il-sung | In , as the country descended into famine, the Democratic People’s Republic of Kore
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Synopsis
Kim Il-sung was born on April 15, , in Mangyondae, near Pyongyang, Korea, and went on to become a guerrilla fighter against Japanese occupation. Kim also fought with the Soviet army during World War II and returned to his home region to become premier of North Korea, soon setting in motion the Korean War. He was elected country president in , and held the position until his death on July 8,
Background
Kim Il-sung was born Kim Song-ju in Mangyondae, near Pyongyang, the present-day capital of North Korea, on April 15, His parents took the family to Manchuria in the s to flee the Japanese occupation of Korea. During the s, Kim, who mastered Chinese, would become a Korean freedom fighter, working against the Japanese and taking the name Il-sung in honor of a famed guerilla fighter. Kim eventually relocated to the Soviet Union for special training, where he joined the country's Communist Party.
Kim remained in the Soviet Union from until the end of World War II, during which time he helmed a unit within the Soviet army. Kim and his first wife, Kim Jong Suk, had their son, Kim Jong Il, during this period as well.
The Korean War
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