Kim Il-sung
YEONGI-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean police participate in anti-terror drill at Sejong government complex on April 17, 2013 in Yeongi-gun, South Korea. North Korea announced that they will take retaliatory actions following anti-North Korean protests in Seoul, during which around 300 South Korean activists burnt effigies of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the nation's founder Kim Il-sung on the 101st anniversary of his birth.
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We respect Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un. They are like our family
When I was young, I thought Kim il-Sung or Kim Jong-il is hero
Kim Kyong-hui’s source of power is her blood relationship to Kim Il-sung and being the sister of the ‘Dear General’ (Kim Jong-il). Jang Song-thaek’s source of power is herMore quotes »
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NKorea marks founder's birthday, issues more ire
criminal act." North Korea often denounces such protests, but rarely in the name of the Supreme Command, which is headed by Kim Il Sung's grandson and the country's overall leader, Kim Jong Un."If the puppet authorities truly want dialogue and negotiations, Read more »
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Kerry visits tense South Korea amid missile test fears
effort to lower tensions. Another key date on the calendar is April 15, the 101st birthday of North Korea's deceased founder, Kim Il Sung .Kerry's trip coincides with the disclosure of a new U.S. intelligence report that concludes North Korea has advanced Read more »
Around the web
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Aide to Japanese prime minister makes surprise visit to North Korea
Isao Iijima, a top aide to Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, paid a surprise visit to North Korea on Tuesday — perhaps related to the fate of abductees. A statue of former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in the North Korean border town of Siniuju, across from Chin from Global Post Read more »
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Orphaned and homeless: Surviving North Korea
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Yoon Hee spent 10 years on the streets in North Korea after abandonment North Korean orphans describe harsh living conditions Many children who defect end up in South Korean boarding schools Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- The first time Yoo from CNN Read more »
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US sanctions Taiwan company for N. Korea dealings
Musudan-class missiles are displayed during a military parade in honour of the 100th birthday of the late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. The US Treasury on Friday set sanctions on a Taiwan company and its chief executive from AlterNet.org Read more »
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North Korean Currency Defaced To Depict Popular Supervillains [Pics]
Aslan Malik is a German artist who decided to take the image of North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung and portray him as various supervillains from popular movies – including two-face and the Joker. The series of banknotes which were acquired from the communis from PSFK Read more »
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north koreans celebrate departed leaders with giant mosaics
Tribute ... more than 10,000 North Koreans create mosaic as soldiers parade The huge faces of Kim Jong-il and Kim Il-sung are being created by North Koreans holding cards in the May Day stadium in Pyongyang. Other mosaics made by the masses included one from The Sun Read more »
