Kim Il Sung
(1912–1994), State leader of North Korea. The longest-serving head of state in the twentieth century, Kim Il Sung dominated North Korean politics for nearly fifty years, from his in...
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Kim Il-sung (1912-1994), absolute ruler of North Korea for 46 years, was the first communist head of state to establish dynastic rule, enabling his son to succeed him.Kim Il-sung was born Kim Sung-ju ...
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North Korea on Saturday began festivities marking the birthday
of its founding father Kim Il Sung by holding the first Arirang Mass
Games in tw...
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North Korea's capital marked the birthday of the country's
founder Kim Il Sung on Sunday with festivities, showing no signs of
tension even as t...
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North Korea on Saturday began festivities marking the birthday
of its founding father Kim Il Sung by holding the first Arirang Mass
Games in two years, on...
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North Korea is set to begin festivities marking the birthday of
its founding father Kim Il Sung by holding the first Arirang Mass
Games in two years later Saturday, the eve of the anniversary...
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North Korea's capital marked the birthday of the country's
founder Kim Il Sung on Sunday with festivities, showing no signs of
tension even as the government missed Saturday's deadline for
i...
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_Aug. 15, 1945: Japan surrenders to end World War II in Asia and also its colonial occupation of the Korean peninsula._May 10, 1948: South Korea holds elections without the North and Syngman Rhee b...
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A delegation of American officials in Pyongyang this week did not get much closer to residents than a series of stolen glimpses through the tinted windows of a black limousine.Except for staged eve...
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North Korea marked the 65th birthday of leader Kim Jong Il on Friday amid progress in ending its nuclear programs and lingering speculation abroad over who will eventually succeed him.Kim's birthda...
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As fellow students looked on in a classroom complete with a
videocasette player and individual headphones, two teenage boys at
Pyongyang's Moranbong No. 1 middle school stood up to practice t...
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Pyongyang (dpa) - Whether North Korea will abandon its nuclear
programme depends largely on a bank transfer.
More than three months after reaching an agreement on sh...
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Kim Il Sung
Kim Il-sung
2ND LD: N. Korea's mass games begin on eve of founder's birthday
