Kim Jong Il

[kim jong il]

noun

1. 1942–2011, president of North Korea 1994–2011 (son of Kim Il Sung).

Kim Jong-il

/ kɪm dʒɔŋiːl /

noun

1. 1942–2011, North Korean politician; supreme leader of North Korea (1994–2011): son of Kim Il-sung

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Kim Yong Nam served in various diplomatic roles under the regimes of the country's founder Kim Il Sung, his son Kim Jong Il, and his grandson Kim Jong Un - though was not related to the family.

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Starting out as a low-ranking official in the ruling party, he rose to become foreign minister and then served as chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly for nearly all of Kim Jong Il's reign.

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Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, travelled by train as well as he was reportedly afraid of flying.

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Born in either 1987 or 1988, Kim Yo Jong is Kim’s only sister, and one of the five children born to Kim Jong Il, who ruled North Korea from 1994 to 2011.

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It also claims Paektu is where the incumbent's father, Kim Jong Il, was born.

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