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Dec 10, 2021 · A god-like figure in North Korea, Kim Il-sung went against tradition by ensuring that his son would succeed him. This was unusual in communist states. He died suddenly of a heart attack in July 1994: his body was preserved, and kept in a glass topped coffin in a public mausoleum so people could pay their respects.
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Jun 18, 2018 · Its core idea is that North Korea is a country that must remain separate and distinct from the world, dependent solely on its own strength and the guidance of a near-godlike leader. The...
Aug 2, 2020 · There Shall Be No God But Kim Jong Un. The Kim dynasty’s cult of personality leaves no room for any independent religion or belief. After decades of persecution, the percentage of the North...
Jun 8, 2015 · But inside North Korea, he is a monarch, the supreme leader, with an almost god-like aura. His people applaud until their hands must be raw.
Jun 23, 2017 · In North Korea’s revolutionary mythology, all must be prepared to die so that one, the Supreme Leader, might remain a god. Now in the third generation of rule by the nuclear-armed Family Kim, North Korean lives continue to be shaped by rituals and songs of adoration for Kim Il-sung and heirs.
Jun 21, 2018 · What is juche, why do North Koreans revere a mountain, and why do they call themselves a special name? As the isolated state begins to make friends with the rest of the world, we explain three key...
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The Kim family, officially the Mount Paektu bloodline (Korean: 백두혈통), named for Paektu Mountain, in the ideological discourse of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), and often referred to as the Kim dynasty after the Cold War's end, is a three-generation lineage of North Korean leadership, descending from the country's founder and first ...
