Kim Il Sung

American

[kim il soong, suhng] / ˈkɪm ˈɪl ˈsʊŋ, ˈsʌŋ /

noun

1912–94, North Korean political leader: premier 1948–72; president 1972–94.

Kim Il-sung British

/ kim iːlsʌŋ /

noun

1912–94, North Korean statesman and marshal; prime minister (1948–72) and president (1972–94) of North Korea

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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

The annual event was established in 1981 to celebrate the birth of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung.

From BBC

Ryu, who served as a diplomat before defecting in 2019, says the North Korean legal code, created by the Kim family, requires the country to be run by a person of the Paektu bloodline - in other words, a direct descendant of the country's founder Kim Il Sung.

From BBC

Just as Kim Jong Un has dressed to echo his predecessors, the sartorial symmetry underscores his daughter’s connection to the “Mount Paektu bloodline”—those with a direct lineage to North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.

From The Wall Street Journal

Khamenei's last known foreign trip was an official visit to North Korea in 1989 as president, where he met Kim Il Sung.

From Barron's

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