Kim II-sung b. April 15, 1912 d. July 8, 1994 First President and Founder of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, otherwise known as North Korea, and father of Kim Jong-Il. Born Kim Song-ju, he was still young when his family fled occupied Korea for Manchuria. In 1932 the 20 year old Kim commanded a group of anti-Japanese Korean partisans, but had fled Manchuria for the Soviet Far East by 1941. Once World War II had ended, Kim Il-Sung returned to the now-divided Korea in September 1945, where he was placed in charge of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Mongoose) Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Pyongyang, P'yongyang-si, North Korea
Kim Jong-il b. February 16, 1942 d. December 17, 2011 Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He was the Chairman of the National Defence Commission, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, the ruling party since 1948, and the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, the fourth largest standing army in the world. In April 2009, North Korea's constitution was amended and now implicitly refers to him as the "Supreme Leader". He was also referred to as the "Dear Leader", "our Father", "the General"...[Read More] Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Pyongyang, P'yongyang-si, North Korea
b. November 3, 1931 d. October 22, 2005