Kim Il Sung
North Korean communist leader; founder and first Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), leading the country from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. Central figure in the ruling Workers' Party and associated with the development of the state's Juche ideology.
Books
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1. Kim Il Sung
The book presents a partisan autobiographical narrative tracing the subject’s early life, participation in anti-Japanese guerrilla activities, rise to leadership during and after Korea’s liberation, and role in the Korean War and state-building that followed. It interweaves personal recollections with political argumentation, setting out the ideological principles and policy priorities promoted during his rule—emphasizing national self-reliance, socialist construction, and the revolutionary legitimacy of the regime—while depicting events from the perspective of the ruling leadership.