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During the early years of his leadership, Kim Jong Un sought to secure his legitimacy by dressing like his grandfather Kim Il Sung.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
That would be the imaginatively-named Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, North Korea, which was completed in 1982 for the 70th birthday of Kim Il Sung, that isolated nation’s legendary founder.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
One North Korean, who defected while studying in Poland in 1989, put it more succinctly: “When I was in North Korea, I thought Kim Il Sung was God.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Most crucially, Kim Il Sung built up an extraordinary cult of personality around himself that was durable enough to hand down to his son and then his grandson, the current leader Kim Jong Un.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Belarusian state media showed Kim and Lukashenko hugging at a lavish welcome programme on Wednesday involving an artillery salute and goose-stepping soldiers before a large flag-waving crowd at Kim Il Sung Square.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
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