Kim Il Sung
noun
1912–94, North Korean political leader: premier 1948–72; president 1972–94.
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Kim Il-sung
Kim Il-sungnoun1912–94, North Korean statesman and marshal; prime minister (1948–72) and president (1972–94) of North Korea
Kim Il Sung
American
[kim il soong, suhng]
/ ˈkɪm ˈɪl ˈsʊŋ, ˈsʌŋ /
noun
Kim Il-sung
British
/ kim iːlsʌŋ /
noun
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At this year's 9th Party Congress of the Korean Workers' Party, Kim Jong Un was emboldened and spoke of accomplishments that his grandfather Kim Il Sung and father Kim Jong Il never achieved.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
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
The leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since 1948, Kim Il Sung had embraced communism as a teenager, according to North Korean propaganda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Yet it remained a fact that Ko was "never recognised as a daughter-in-law by Kim Il Sung", wrote Ryu - and nor was he ever publicly seen with her children.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 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
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
The gift for Ms. Ri came ahead of the 110th anniversary of the birth of North Korea’s founder, Kim Il-sung, the grandfather of Kim Jong-un, on Friday.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
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