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Kim Jong Il (/ ˌ k ɪ m dʒ ɒ ŋ ˈ ɪ l /; Korean: 김정일; Korean pronunciation: [kim.dzɔŋ.il]; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea.
May 13, 2024 · Kim Jong Il (born February 16, 1941, Siberia, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died December 17, 2011) was the ruler of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He succeeded his father, Kim Il-Sung, who became the first premier of the newly formed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948 and remained its leader until his death in 1994.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 2, 2014 · (1941-2011) Who Was Kim Jong Il? Much of Kim Jong Il's persona is based on a cult of personality, meaning that legend and official North Korean government accounts describe his life,...
Dec 19, 2011 · SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader who realized his family’s dream of turning his starving, isolated country into a nuclear-weapons power even as it sank further into...
Kim Il-Sung was the communist leader of North Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. He was the country’s premier from 1948 to 1972, chairman of its dominant Korean Workers’ Party from 1949, and president and head of state from 1972.
Dec 19, 2011 · Kim Jong-il, Dictator Who Turned North Korea Into a Nuclear State, Dies. Kim Jong-il, the son of North Korea's founder, visiting a farm in 2003. An unknowable figure, even his exact birth date...
May 17, 2018 · Kim Jong Il (or Kim Chong-il) was the eldest son of North Korea's leader, Kim Il-sung, who founded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 1948. Kim Il-sung, while still in command, enjoyed his charisma as the "undisputed" leader of Communist North Korea.
