He led North Korea from the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994 until his death in 2011, when he was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Un. Afterwards, Kim Jong Il was declared Eternal General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).

3 天之前 · Kim Jong Il (1941–2011) was the ruler of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He succeeded his father, Kim Il-Sung, who was North Korea’s leader from 1948 until his death in 1994.

2025年1月23日 · Kim's father was a notable commander during World War II, and his mother, Kim Jong Suk, was instrumental in shaping his ideological outlook, fostering the revolutionary spirit that would define his later life.

2024年12月17日 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday visited a mausoleum for his late father and grandfather Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung to pay tribute to his father, state media reported on...

Kim Hyong-jik (Korean: 김형직; 10 July 1894 – 5 June 1926) was a Korean independence activist during Japanese rule. He was the father of the North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, the paternal grandfather of Kim Jong Il, and a great-grandfather of the current leader of …

At the 6th WPK Congress in 1980, his oldest son Kim Jong Il was elected to be a Presidium member and chosen to be his successor, thus establishing the Kim dynasty. The house in which Kim was born. Kim was born Kim Song Ju to father Kim Hyong Jik and mother Kang Pan Sok.

Although Kim’s son, Kim Jong Il, had been groomed as heir apparent for two decades and had succeeded his father as chairman of the National Defense Commission and commander in chief of the armed forces in April 1993, he did not emerge as …

2014年4月2日 · During World War II, his father commanded the 1st Battalion of the Soviet 88th Brigade, composed of Chinese and Korean exiles battling the Japanese Army. Kim Jong Il's mother was Kim Jong...

2020年8月23日 · Kim Jong-il was officially established as his father’s successor by 1976, according to Jae-Cheon Lim’s book Leader Symbols and Personality Cult in North Korea: The Leader State. However, upon his father’s death in 1994, he declared a three-year period of “national mourning” before officially taking over.

2024年12月19日 · North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a mausoleum for his father Kim Jong-il and grandfather Kim Il-sung on Tuesday, to pay tribute to his father. State media images showed Kim...