List of things named after Kim Il-sung
Kim Il-sung was the founder and first leader of North Korea. Jane Portal, the author of Art Under Control in North Korea, assesses that: "[i]t is probably the case that Kim Il-sung [had] more buildings named after him during his lifetime than any other leader in history".[1] North Korea claims that "[m]ore than 480 streets, institutions and organizations in 100 countries were named after Kim Il Sung".[2] Since Kim Il-sung's name Il-sung (Korean: 일성; Hanja: 日成) can mean "the Sun", many things named after him are actually called this way.[3]
List[]
Education and research[]
- [4] – located in Pochon County, Ryanggang Province and named to commemorate the 1937 Battle of Pochonbo[5]
- Kim Il-sung Military University[4] – school for selected commissioned officers.[5]
- Kim Il-sung University – called that since it opened in 1946[6]
- Kim Il-sung University of Politics[7]
- [4]
- Kim Il-sung Higher Party School[4] – the country's top school for the selected few[5]
- – in Guinea[8]
- "Kim Il-sung Research Institute" – generic name for classrooms in large elementary schools dedicated to studying Kim Il-sung[9]
- – formerly the Research Center for Workers' Party of Korea History[10]
- – in Mogadishu, Somalia[11]
- – in Sofia, Bulgaria[12]
Museums[]
- – in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province[13]
- – in Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province[14]
- – in Pyongsong, South Pyongan Province[15]
- – in Chongjin[16]
- – in Chagang Province[17]
- – in Wonsan, Kangwon Province[18]
- – in Ryanggang Province[19]
Streets, squares and parks[]
- Kim Il-sung Square, Pyongyang, North Korea[20]
- Several streets in foreign countries.[21] North Korea claims 450 in 100 countries.[22] There is a "Kim Il-sung Street" or equivalent in:
- Kim Il-sung Park in Damascus, Syria. Inaugurated in 2015.[26]
Awards[]
- [4]
- [4]
- Kim Il-sung Prize[27]
- International Kim Il-sung Prize[28]
- Order of Kim Il-sung[29]
- [29]
- [29]
Other[]
- "Song of General Kim Il-sung" – composed by Kim Won-gyun in 1946,[30] its lyrics are carved in stones across the country[31]
- Kim Il-sung Stadium – formerly Pyongyang Municipal Stadium[32]
- "Kimilsungism" – guiding ideology of the country, containing the Juche idea, officially reorganised as "Kimilsungism" in 1974[33]
- Kimilsungia – an orchid presented to Kim Il-sung by Indonesia's leader Sukarno in 1965 and named after Kim when introduced to North Korea in 1977[34]
- Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League – named by Kim Jong-il in 1996 after Kim Il-sung's death two years earlier,[35] subsequently renamed Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League in 2016,[36] then the Socialist Patriotic Youth League in 2021[37]
- "Kim Il-sung Constitution" – name of the 1998 constitution,[4] that made Kim Il-sung the Eternal President of the country after his death[38]
- "Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism" - guiding ideology of the party since 2012, named after Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il[39]
- "Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il Constitution" - name of the current constitution introduced in 2012, made Kim Jong-il Eternal Chairman of the National Defence Commission after his death[40]
Named after the Sun[]
- Day of the Sun – designated in 1997 after a three-year mourning period following the death of Kim Il-sung[34]
- Kumsusan Palace of the Sun - mausoleum where Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il lie in state[3]
Proposed namings[]
- "Kim Il-sung City" – proposed name for Pyongyang after Kim Il-sung's death. Another proposal was to name Pyongyang "Kim Jong-il City" and name Seoul "Kim Il-sung City" once reunification would be attained.[41]
See also[]
- Kim Il-sung bibliography
- Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il badges
- National symbols of North Korea
- List of things named after Fidel Castro
References[]
- ^ Portal 2005, p. 90.
- ^ ""Kim Il Sung's Korea", Special Write-ups to Centenary of His Birth (27)". web.archive.org. KCNA. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ a b Lim 2015, p. 88.
- ^ a b c d e f g Lim 2015, p. 37.
- ^ a b c "The best North Korean schools named after Kim Il Sung" (PDF). 3 February 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Andrei Lankov (3 November 2008). "(260) Kim Il-sung University". koreatimes. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "13th Supreme People's Assembly election compilation". North Korean Economy Watch. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "August Name of Kim Il Sung" (PDF). Bulletin. krld.pl. 170: 2. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ Demick, Barbara (2009). Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea. Random House Publishing Group. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-385-52961-7.
- ^ Lim 2015, p. 48.
- ^ Korea Today. Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1979. p. 57. OCLC 749724213.
- ^ Korean News. Korea News Service. 1995. p. 98. OCLC 29744395.
- ^ "South Hamgyong Museum of the Revolutionary Activities of Comrade Kim Il Sung, Hamhung". Flickr. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ "Sinuiju". Korea Konsult. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "South Pyongan Museum of the Revolutionary Activities of Comrade Kim Il Sung, Pyongsong". Flickr. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ Melvin, Curtis (15 May 2013). "North Korea's 'do it yourself' Kim Jong Un idolization campaign". NK News. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "BBC Monitoring Alert - DPRK". WikiLeaks. BBC. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "Kim Jong Il Gives Field Guidance to Different Fields in Wonsan City". KCNA. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "Officials of Trade Unions Start Study Tour of Mt. Paektu Area". KCNA. 10 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ Corfield, Justin (2014). "Kim Il Sung Square". Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang. Anthem Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-78308-341-1. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ Kwon & Chung 2012, p. 140.
- ^ Suki Kim (2014). Without You, There Is No Us: My secret life teaching the sons of North Korea's elite. Ebury Publishing. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-4735-2765-2. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ Charles K. Armstrong (2013). Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950–1992. Cornell University Press. pp. [, 1924]. ISBN 978-0-8014-6893-3.
- ^ Paul Moorcraft (2011). Inside the Danger Zones: Travels to Arresting Places. Biteback Publishing. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-84954-280-7. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ Kate Mayberry (12 July 2012). "Wrestling with N Korean diplomacy – Al Jazeera Blogs". Al Jazeera Blogs. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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- ^ a b Elizabeth Whitman (31 August 2015). "Syria Pledges Support For North Korea, Kim Jong Un: Baath Party Praises Pyongyang For Strong Relations Amid 'Terrorism' Threats". International Business Times. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Michael Breen (2012). Kim Jong-Il, Revised and Updated: Kim Jong-il: North Koreas Dear Leader, Revised and Updated Edition. John Wiley & Sons. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-118-15377-2. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ James Hoare (2012). "International Kim Il Sung Prize". Historical Dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Scarecrow Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-8108-6151-0. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ a b c Kim Da Seul (22 June 2012). "Kim Il Sung's Image on Medals Changed". Daily NK. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Portal 2005, p. 92.
- ^ Portal 2005, p. 93.
- ^ Mark Edward Harris (2007). Inside North Korea. Chronicle Books. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-8118-5751-2. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "'Juche(Self-Reliance)' Ideology". KBS. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ a b Lim 2015, p. 38.
- ^ Ishiyama 2014, p. 145.
- ^ "What remains when socialism is removed from North Korea?". Daily NK. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "Rodong Sinmun". rodong.rep.kp. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Kwon & Chung 2012, p. 72.
- ^ Rüdiger 2013, p. 45.
- ^ "PREAMBLE". Naenara. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ Mok Yong Jae (12 February 2012). "Kim Jong Il's Name Set for Widespread Use". Daily NK. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
Works cited[]
- Ishiyama, John (2014). "Assessing the leadership transition in North Korea: Using network analysis of field inspections, 1997–2012". Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 47 (2): 137–146. doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2014.04.003.
- Kwon, Heonik; Chung, Byung-Ho (2012). North Korea: Beyond Charismatic Politics. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4422-1577-1. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- Lim, Jae-Cheon (2015). Leader Symbols and Personality Cult in North Korea: The Leader State. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-56741-7. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- Portal, Jane (2005). Art Under Control in North Korea. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-236-2. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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