Kim Jong Il - Wikipedia
WEBKim was the General Secretary of the WPK, WPK Presidium, Chairman of the National Defence Commission (NDC) of North Korea and the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the fourth-largest standing army in the world. Kim ruled North Korea as a repressive and totalitarian dictatorship.
Kim Jong Il | Biography & Facts | Britannica
WEBAug 1, 2024 · When Kim Il-Sung died of a heart attack in 1994, Kim Jong Il became North Korea’s de facto leader. He was named chairman of the KWP in October 1997, and in September 1998 he formally assumed the country’s highest post.
Kim Jong Il - Death, North Korea & Family - Biography
WEBApr 2, 2014 · Kim Jong Il's dominating personality and complete concentration of power have come to define the country North Korea.
Death and state funeral of Kim Jong Il - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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 …
Obituary: Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s Enigmatic Strongman - The …
WEBDec 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...
Kim Jong-il, North Korean Dictator, Dies - The New York Times
WEBDec 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...
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Dies At 69 - NPR
WEBDec 19, 2011 · The death of North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader was announced Monday by state television. Kim's iron rule and nuclear ambitions for his isolated Communist nation dominated world...
Kim Jong Il Fast Facts - CNN
WEBSep 26, 2013 · Read CNN’s Fast Facts on the late Kim Jong Il and learn more about the former Leader of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Obituary: Kim Jong-il - BBC News
WEBDec 19, 2011 · North Korean dictator who maintained a hard line Stalinist style of rule and preserved his country's isolation.
Kim Jong-il death: 'Five million' mourn North Korea leader
WEBDec 21, 2011 · Kim Jong-il died on Saturday of a heart attack at the age of 69, say state media reports, which blamed "overwork and stress". He will be buried on 28 December.