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Kim Jong Il (/ ˌ k ɪ m dʒ ɒ ŋ ˈ ɪ l /; Korean: 김정일; Korean pronunciation: [kim.dzɔŋ.il]; also transcribed as Kim Jong-il and born Yuri Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea.
- Kim Jong Un (as First Secretary)
Mar 25, 2024 · Kim Jong Il (born February 16, 1941, Siberia, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died December 17, 2011) was a North Korean politician, son of the former North Korean premier and (communist) Korean Workers’ Party (KWP) chairman Kim Il-Sung, and successor to his father as ruler (1994–2011) of North Korea.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 2, 2014 · Kim Jong Il's mother was Kim Jong Suk, his father's first wife. Official accounts indicate that Kim Jong Il comes from a family of nationalists who actively resisted imperialism from the Japanese ...
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...
e. The death of Kim Jong Il was reported by North Korean state television news on 19 December 2011. [1] The presenter Ri Chun-hee announced that he had died on 17 December at 8:30 am of a massive heart attack while travelling by train to an area outside Pyongyang.
- 17–29 December 2011
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...
Dec 19, 2011 · The BBC's Lucy Williamson says news of the death has taken people by surprise. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died of a heart attack at the age of 69, state media have announced....
