Leaders

Ministers Struck with Admiration

One day in the run-up to the democratic election (November 1946) in Korea, the year after the country’s liberation, President Kim…

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Parental Care for Schoolchildren

The DPRK introduced universal 11-year compulsory education in 1972 on a trial basis. In September that year President Kim Il Sung visited…

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A Great Programme

In April 1993, a Korean resident in the United States, who was working as the chief of the Koryo Research…

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Electric Arc Furnace

It was late September 1947. President Kim Il Sung visited the then Songjin Steel Plant on the east coast of the northern…

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Sense of Patriotism

In December 1950 President Kim Il Sung with some officials went to a valley to examine the topographical conditions of a place and physical…

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Source of Heroic Feats

One day in September 1951, when the Fatherland Liberation War (June 1950-July 1953) was at its height, President Kim Il Sung visited…

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Far-sightedness

When Korea will be liberated?—this was the greatest matter of concern to all the Korean people before the country’s liberation.…

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Principle of Independence

In July 1985 President Kim Il Sung had a talk with the visiting party delegation of a north European country. In the…

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Pedigree Records and Royal Seal of King Wang Kon

Early one morning in May 1992, President Kim Il Sung visited Kaesong, and looked round the historical remains and relics tirelessly. Then…

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Telescope in His Office

On December 31, 1985, an official was summoned by President Kim Il Sung. Entering the leader’s office, he stopped short at…

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A Martyr’s Tomb in Taehongdan

One spring day in 1985, a young official attending President Kim Il Sung came back from a tour of the revolutionary battlesites…

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A Sick Call on New Year’s Eve

Towards the evening of December 31, 1983, Kim Il (the then Vice-President) was surprised to hear that President Kim Il Sung would…

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“Senior Mourner” for Jang Kil Bu

In February 1974, Jang Kil Bu, mother of fallen anti-Japanese revolutionary fighter Ma Tong Hui, died, and the officials preparing…

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The Best Site for a Building for the People

One day in October 1973, President Kim Il Sung was enjoying a bird’s-eye view of Pyongyang from Moran Hill. “What do you…

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A Carp Pieced Together

One evening in September 1971, President Kim Il Sung arrived at his residence from an inspection trip, and entered the dining-room together…

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A Political Committee Meeting Turned into a Meeting of Pupils’ Parents

One summer day in 1969, Kim Il Sung, on his way back from an inspection tour, told his driver to stop…

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