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Despite predictions that North Korea could collapse after Kim Il Sung died, it remains a communist stronghold with a populace virtually cut off from the rest of the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
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
Kim Il Sung, who founded and led North Korea for more than 45 years, is effectively seen as a deity in the country, according to experts.
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
It wasn’t enough for Kim Il Sung to have a revolutionary ideology of his own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
In the 2000s, when England's women would rarely attract crowds in five figures, North Korea were packing out the 50,000-capacity Kim Il-sung Stadium.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2024
But no activities were seen at Kim Il-sung Square in the central part of the city where the country usually hosts military parades, the report said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
The only birthday ever celebrated was that of the country’s leader, Kim Il-sung, a day when she was allowed an entire bowl of rice.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 1, 2023
Ten days later elections were held in North Korea, and a separate government for the new Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was established with communist Kim Il-sung as its leader.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
This year, North Korea has been gearing up to celebrate the 110th birthday of Kim Il-sung, Mr. Kim’s grandfather and the founder of North Korea, in April.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
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