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  • BIRTH 16/02/1941
  • DEATH 17/12/2011
  • Country Russia
  • SHOWS 2
  • MOVIES 12
  • PRODUCTION 2

Kim Jong-il

Kim Jong Il, born Yuri Irsenovich Kim on 16 February 1941, was a North Korean politician who was the second President of North Korea. He led North Korea following the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994 until his own death in 2011, when he was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Un. Afterwards, Kim Jong Il was declared Eternal General Secretary of the WPK.

In the early 1980s, Kim had become the heir apparent for the leadership of North Korea, thus being established the Kim dynasty and he assumed important posts in party and army organizations. Kim was the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), WPK Presidium, Chairman of the National Defense 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 assumed leadership during a period of catastrophic economic crisis amidst the dissolution of the Soviet Union, on which it was heavily dependent for trade in food and other supplies, which brought a famine. Kim strengthened the role of the military by his Songun ("military-first") policies, making the army the central organizer of civil society. Kim's rule also saw economic reforms, including the opening of the Kaesong Industrial Park in 2003.

Following Kim's failure to appear at important public events in 2008, foreign observers assumed that Kim had either fallen seriously ill or died. On 19 December 2011, the North Korean government announced that he had died two days earlier, whereupon his third son, Kim Jong Un, was promoted to a senior position in the ruling WPK and succeeded him.

Kim Jong-il

Shows (2)

Moving (2023)
Moving (2023)
Self (archive footage)
How to Become a Tyrant
How to Become a Tyrant
Self (archive footage)

Movies (12)

King of Clones
King of Clones
Self (archive footage)
Beyond Utopia
Beyond Utopia
Self (archive footage)
The Propaganda Game
The Propaganda Game
Self (archive footage)
Det røde kapel
Det røde kapel
Self (archive footage)
The Lovers and the Despot
The Lovers and the Despot
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Dictateur, un boulot de dingue
Dictateur, un boulot de dingue
Self (archive footage)
A State of Mind
A State of Mind
Himself (archive footage)
North Korea: Inside The Mind of a Dictator
North Korea: Inside The Mind of a Dictator
Self (archive footage)
Korea: The Never-Ending War
Korea: The Never-Ending War
Self (archive footage)
Death of a President
Death of a President
Self (archive footage)
나는 선무다
나는 선무다
Self (archive footage)

Production (2)

한 녀학생의 일기
한 녀학생의 일기
불가사리
불가사리