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KIMWORLD.
The charm of dictators has been known to reduce the hardest men to jelly. I remember a tough-minded Japanese photographer returning from Pyongyang in the nineteen-seventies still aglow from the experience of Kim Il Sung's "warm handshake." Similar reports have come from some of those allowed into Hitler's mesmerizing presence: warm handshakes and piercing eyes appear to go with the position.
Bradley K. Martin, whose "Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty" (St. Martin's; $29.95) is the heaviest tome to appear in English on the subject, has spent decades penetrating the mysteries of North Korea. He paints a grim picture in ...
- Kim Il Sung.
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) March 18, 1989 700+ words
KIM IL SUNG DOES Kim Il Sung exist? The North Koreans insist that he does. A vast museum built...of verifiable facts about his life. It is known that a man called Kim Il Sung was installed as leader when the Russians occupied the North in 1945...
- South Koreans Forbidden to Show Grief for Kim Il Sung
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition July 18, 1994 700+ words
...the death of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung can, and will, be prosecuted...should be reacting to the death of Kim Il Sung. About 1,000 students gathered...South Korean government, mourning Kim Il Sung' s death is definitely subversive...
- Pyongyang. 1982. Kim Il Sung's 70th birthday celebration at Kim Il Sung square....
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Hiroji Kubota January 1, 1982 700+ words
...Magnum Photos 01-01-1982 Pyongyang. 1982. Kim Il Sung's 70th birthday celebration at Kim Il Sung square. Hiroji Kubota/Magnum Photos Keywords...display Crowd Human being Pyongyang. 1982. Kim Il Sung's 70th birthday celebration at Kim Il ...
- Tumultuous Funeral For North Korean; Throngs Sob at Kim Il Sung's Last Parade
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post T. R. Reid July 20, 1994 700+ words
...cortege for their "Great Leader," Kim Il Sung, move through the broad streets...52, the son and heir apparent of Kim Il Sung, was shown weeping at the start...his father's power. The body of Kim Il Sung was in a closed coffin of shiny...
- Obituary: Kim Il Sung
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London ANDREW HORVAT July 11, 1994 700+ words
Kim Song Ju (Kim Il Sung), politician: born Mangyongdae...three daughters); died 8 July 1994. KIM IL SUNG, the President of North Korea, was...government posts. On Saturday, when Kim Il Sung's death was announced, Radio Pyongyang...
- NORTH KOREA. Pyongyang. Kim Il Sung stadium. Mass gymnastic display. (NYC27436)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Hiroji Kubota January 1, 1982 700+ words
...1982 NORTH KOREA. Pyongyang. Kim Il Sung stadium. Mass gymnastic display...Garment NORTH KOREA. Pyongyang. Kim Il Sung stadium. Mass gymnastic display. NORTH KOREA. Pygonyang. Kim Il Sung stadium. Mass gymnastic display...
- Kim Il Sung's Campaign against the Soviet Faction in Late 1955 and the Birth of...
- Magazine article from: Korean Studies Lankov, Andrei N. January 1, 1999 700+ words
In 1955 Kim Il Sung had every reason to feel uneasy about...of the KWP Central Committee, where Kim Il Sung's power was openly challenged; and the September plenum, when Kim Il Sung was forced, under direct Soviet-Chinese...
- MILLIONS SAY FAREWELL TO KIM IL SUNG IN PYONGYANG PROCESSION.(MAIN)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) July 20, 1994 700+ words
...farewell Tuesday to the late President Kim Il Sung, and, according to communist media...broadcast showed the degree to which Kim Il Sung over nearly half a century had molded...A flower-framed portrait of Kim Il Sung which was three times the size of...
