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North Korea begins celebrations for late former leader Kim Jong-il's birthday
North Korea has begun celebrations for the anniversary of late former leader Kim Jong-il's birthday, a national holiday, by ...
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Kim Yo-jong and North Korea's secret weapon
Another packed a portrait of Kim Jong-il (the father of the current leader) wrapped in a red silk scarf in her bag." This kind of idolisation of a leader is alien to South Korea's younger ...
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Kim Jong Un’s Emphasis on Chongryon
Kim’s emphasis on Chongryon is distinct from that of his father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il. In the early years of that ...
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Kim Jong-il V.S. the Starving Masses of North Korea
Kim Jong-il was born in 1941 in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye. He would follow his father Kim Il-sung as the second leader of North Korea, living an extravagant and eccentric lifestyle ...
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North Korean officials sport Kim Jong Un pins for first time
North Korean media published photographs showing leader his portrait hanging prominently next to those of Kim Jong Il and national patriarch Kim Il Sung earlier this year. In April, the music ...
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N. Koreans made 'loyalty oath' on Kim Jong-un's birthday, not Jan. 1 this year: Seoul
1, 2023, shows a mosaic portrait featuring North Korean Kim ... to take an oath of allegiance on Feb. 16, the birthday of Kim Jong-il, the late father of the incumbent leader, and April 15 ...