Kim family
| Kim family (North Korea) Kim Dynasty Mount Paektu Bloodline | |
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 Flag of North Korea | |
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| Current region | North Korea |
| Place of origin | Mangyongdae, North Korea |
| Founded | 9 September 1948 (74 years ago) |
| Founder | Kim Il-sung |
| Current head | Kim Jong-un |
| Members | Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un |
| Connected members | Kim Il-sung's wives: Kim Il-sung's sons:
Kim Il-sung's daughters:
Kim Jong-il's wives:
Kim Jong-il's sons:
Kim Jong-il's daughters:
Kim Jong-un's family:
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| Traditions | Juche |
| Estate(s) | Residences of North Korean leaders |
The Kim family is a three-generation lineage of North Korean leaders. It started from the country's founder and first leader, Kim Il-sung. Koreans call it the Mount Paektu bloodline. The family has ruled North Korea since 1948.
The North Korean government denies that there is a personality cult surrounding the Kim family, describing the people's devotion to the family as a personal manifestation of support for their nation's leadership.[1] The Kim family has been described as a de facto absolute monarchy[2][3][4] or hereditary dictatorship.[5]
The Kim family has been at the helm of North Korea since its founding. Kim Il-sung, the founding leader, established the regime in 1948. His son, Kim Jong-il, succeeded him, followed by Kim Jong-un, the current leader. The family's rule has been marked by authoritarianism, isolationism, and nuclear ambitions, shaping North Korea's complex history.
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- ↑ Jason LaBouyer "When friends become enemies — Understanding left-wing hostility to the DPRK" Lodestar. May/June 2005: pp. 7–9. Korea-DPR.com. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
- ↑ Young W. Kihl, Hong Nack Kim. North Korea: The Politics of Regime Survival. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 2006. p. 56.
- ↑ Robert A. Scalapino, Chong-Sik Lee. The Society. University of California Press, 1972. p. 689.
- ↑ Bong Youn Choy. A history of the Korean reunification movement: its issues and prospects. Research Committee on Korean Reunification, Institute of International Studies, Bradley University, 1984. Pp. 117.
- ↑ Moghaddam, Fathali M. (2018). "The Shark and the Octopus: Two Revolutionary Styles". In Wagoner, Brady; Moghaddam, Fathali M.; Valsiner, Jaan (eds.). The Psychology of Radical Social Change: From Rage to Revolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-108-38200-7.
