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Thousands of years later, Kim Il Sung - the founder of North Korea - reportedly used the mountain as a hideout when fighting against the Japanese.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
"The Propaganda and Agitation Department played a significantly important role in orchestrating a series of processes that naturally transferred respect for Kim Il Sung to Kim Jong Un," Cheong says.
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
State media regularly applauded citizens who, amid earthquakes or floods, laid down their lives to protect sacred images of Kim Il Sung.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 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
Relations between Russia and North Korea go back to the North’s foundation in 1948, as Soviet officials installed young, ambitious nationalist Kim Il-sung, Kim’s late grandfather, as the country’s first ruler.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 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
The timing also coincides with events celebrating the anniversary of the birth of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-sung, last Friday.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 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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