Kim Jong Il (/ˌkɪm dʒɒŋˈɪl/ ; Korean: 김정일; Korean pronunciation: [kim.dzɔŋ.il]; born Yuri Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North...

since 2012. He is the third son of Kim Jong Il, who was the second supreme leader of North Korea, and a grandson of Kim Il Sung, the founder and first supreme...

The death of Kim Jong Il (Korean: 김정일의 죽음과 국장) was reported by North Korean state television news on 19 December 2011. The presenter Ri Chun-hee announced...

North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, the mother of former leader Kim Jong Il and grandmother of current leader Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong-suk was born on 24 December...

Kim Jong-nam (Korean: 김정남, Korean: [kim.dzɔŋ.nam]; 10 May 1971 – 13 February 2017) was the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. From roughly...

from 2020 to 2021. Kim is the youngest child of North Korea's second Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il and the younger sister of Kim Jong Un, the current supreme...

Kim Jong Chul (Korean: 김정철; born 25 September 1981), sometimes spelled Kim Jong Chol, is a son of former North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il. His younger...

former leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, and the only surviving son of former leader and president of North Korea Kim Il Sung. He worked as a diplomat...

new buildings. Portraits of Kim Jong Il have been hung next to Kim Il Sung since the late 1970s. A portrait of Kim Jong Un was displayed for the first...

wife Kim Jong Suk. He was the younger brother of Kim Jong Il, the second leader of North Korea. Soviet records show that he was born Alexander Kim in 1943...

to Kim Il Sung, the country's founder and first leader. Juche was originally regarded as a variant of Marxism–Leninism until Kim Jong Il, Kim Il Sung's...

role as supreme leader was passed to his son, Kim Jong Il, and then in 2011 to his grandson, Kim Jong Un. The three served as leaders of the WPK, and...

1948 until his death in 1994. Afterwards, he was succeeded by his son Kim Jong Il and was declared Eternal President. He held the posts of the Premier...

dancing were prohibited. Radio Pyongyang reported that Kim had died from a stroke. His son Kim Jong Il was announced as North Korea's next leader with the...

daughter of the founding North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and the sister of the late leader Kim Jong Il. She currently serves as Secretary for Organization...

Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il badges are lapel pins with portraits depicting either one or both of the Eternal Leaders of North Korea, Kim Il Sung and Kim...

the country, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, officially referred to as "eternal leaders of Korea". The personality cult began soon after Kim Il Sung took power...

Korean founder Kim Il Sung, the paternal grandfather of Kim Jong Il, and a great-grandfather of the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. Little is...

a synthesis of the ideas of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. The party is committed to Juche, an ideology attributed to Kim Il Sung which promotes national...

first met Kim Il Sung in 1948. She was hired to work in his residence as an assistant to Kim Jong Suk, Kim Il Sung's first wife. After Kim Jong Suk's 1949...

Kim Han-sol (Korean: 김한솔, born 16 June 1995) is the eldest son of Kim Jong-nam and a grandson of the former North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il. His father...

Kim Young-sook (김영숙; born 1947) was the second wife of Kim Jong Il.[failed verification] She was the daughter of a high-ranking military official, and...

1970s, but he fell out of favour in 1974 following a power struggle with Kim Jong Il. From 1998 until his death in 2021, he held the ceremonial position of...

have attended 2002–2007. Kim Pyong-il, half-brother of Kim Jong Il and ambassador to Czech Republic Kim Yo Jong, sister of Kim Jong Un, said to have studied...

Kim Ju-ae (Korean: 김주애; born c. 2012 or 2013) is a daughter of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol-ju. The North Korean government...

North Korea, Kim Il Sung, the great-grandfather of Kim Jong Il, and great-great-grandfather of the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. He is buried...

Kim Sol-song (Korean: 김설송; born 30 December 1973) is the daughter of North Korea's former leader Kim Jong Il and Kim Young-sook. She has been active within...

Kim Ok (Korean: 김옥; born 28 August 1964) is a former North Korean government employee who served as Kim Jong Il's personal secretary from the 1980s until...

Hong Il-chon (Korean: 홍일천; born 1942) was the first wife of Kim Jong Il. She was the daughter of a soldier who died during the Korean War. In the early...

The Order of Kim Jong Il (Korean: 김정일 훈장) is a North Korean order named after Kim Jong Il, the former leader of North Korea. It is the highest order of...