President Kim Il Sung’s Anectodes
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Apr- 2017 -24 April
Guarantee for Victory
In November 1936 President Kim Il Sung met people who visited a secret camp with relief materials for the anti-Japanese guerrilla army.…
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22 April
Twin “Guests”
On April 12, 1992, President Kim Il Sung arranged a luncheon in honour of Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, and his party…
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17 April
The Instinct of Bees and the Fundamental Principle of Party Building
The following happened when President Kim Il Sung was having talks with a delegation of a political party of a country. The…
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16 April
A “People-bound Train Ticket”
On September 7, Juche 78 (1989), Kim Il Sung received Piore, chief of the Beijing bureau of Italian Radio and Television. He…
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15 April
The Masses Are My Teacher
On August 31, Juche 64 (1975), President Kim Il Sung met Inomata Hisao, Managing Editor of Japan’s Kyodo News Service who was…
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14 April
Birthday Spent in Coalfield
Even in the midnight of April 14, Juche 66 (1977), the light was on in the office of President Kim Il…
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5 April
Principles of Building Genuine People’s Government
President Kim Il Sung advanced tasks and ways for the people’s government in fulfilling its mission as a servant of people in…
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3 April
A New Legend
In mid-March 1981, Asukata Ichio, chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Japan Socialist Party, visited Pyongyang. President Kim Il…
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Aug- 2016 -26 August
“Oil-stained Hands”
President Kim Il Sung visited a factory in August Juche 38 (1949). It was awfully sultry. Looking around the factory, the leader…
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Jul- 2016 -8 July
The Final Day of His Devoted Life
On July 7, 1994, the day before his death, President Kim Il Sung was tied up with work. In the morning he…
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5 July
Key to Opening One’s Heart
Saying that the farmers would open their heart, at a meeting to be held, feeling at ease, only when they…
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Feb- 2016 -6 February
“Diagnosis” Made during a Meal
It was late at night, and President Kim Il Sung was going over a document. He stopped reading and considered something. After…
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3 February
Peach and Mango
A delegation of the Guinean United Progressive Party visited Pyongyang in May 1993 to learn about Korea’s experience in party…
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1 February
A Stenographer of 26 Years Previously
The following happened on September 11, 1990, when President Kim Il Sung was on a visit to China. Jiang Zemin, General Secretary…
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Jan- 2016 -26 January
The Older One Gets, the Harder One Should Train
On the evening of June 27, 1974, President Kim Il Sung invited to his house the second daughter of Han Tok Su,…
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25 January
100 Won and 10 Jon
In late March 1992 Luise Rinser came to Korea on board an aeroplane sent by President Kim Il Sung. On April…
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18 January
A Talk Concluded after an Interval of 30 Years
On a late autumn day in 1926, when unsearonal snow was falling in large flakes, 14-year-old President Kim Il Sung and Choe Tong…
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11 January
A Kind Man on the Road
One evening in the summer of 1957, an old woman left for her son-in-law’s at Sadanggol, Pudok-ri, Jaeryong County, South…
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2 January
Daily Routine
One spring day in 1951 when the Fatherland Liberation War was at its height the guards at the Supreme Headquarters…
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Dec- 2015 -28 December
Importance of Studying
From late November 1937 the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army conducted a military and political training at the Matanggou secret camp.…
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