Kim Jong Il

He ordered those who were caught blowing off remembrance events to be sent to labor camps for up to six months.

Kim jong il. Born 8 january 1982 1983 or 1984 is a north korean politician serving as supreme leader of north korea since 2011 and the leader of the workers party of korea since 2012. He led north korea from the 1994 death of his father kim il sung north korea s first supreme leader until his own death in 2011 when he was succeeded by his. Jong il kim was born on february 16 1941 in vyatskoe khabarovskiy rayon khabarovskiy kray rsfsr ussr as yuri irsenovich kim. During his leadership of the country kim built on the mystique already surrounding his family.

Above her was a portrait of kim jong il then the chief of north korea s propaganda and agitation department. Kim s father kim il sung was the leader of the country a communist regime that. He was believed to be in his late 20s at the time. He was married to young sook kim and il chon hong.

Kim jong il birth name yuri irsenovich kim according to the soviet union s records hangul. He was an actor and producer known for pulgasari 1985 pibada 1969 and han nyeohaksaengeui ilgi 2007. Kim jong il s penchant for disappearing from public for weeks at a time fueled speculation about his ill health. He majored in marxist political economy and minored in philosophy and military.

Kim jong il or kim jong il korean. Kim jong il north korean politician son of the former north korean premier and korean workers party kwp chairman kim il sung and successor to his father as ruler 1994 2011 of north korea. Kim jong il began to prepare kim jong un for succession to leadership in 2010.

He was the son of kim il sŏng official north korean propaganda said that jong il. Kim jong un or kim jong un korean. Upon his father s death in december 2011 kim jong un assumed power. Kim jong il graduated from namsan higher middle school in 1960 and enrolled the same year at kim il sung university.

In 2007 he returned from an absence looking thinner and with significantly less. When his father kim jong il died in 2011 he made sure mourning was mandatory.