Kim Jong Il

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1941 Born Feb 16 Vyatskoye near Khabarovsk, USSR, to Kim Il Sung & Kim Jong Suk & Known as Yuri Irsenovich Kim (Yuri the Son of Il Sung Kim)

1949 His mother died

1964 Graduated from Kim Il Sung University, majored in Political Economy

1968 Named member of the DPRK (North Korean) Politburo

1969 Director of Propaganda & Agitation (Agitprop)

1973 Lead the "Capture the Three Flags of the Revolution" Movement

1970's Rumored English studies in Malta; came to be referred to as the "Glorious Party Center'

1974 Officially designated as Kim Il Sung's herediatary successor

1980 Party Secretariat, Military Commission, & Senior Member Politburo

1982 Designated the "Dear Leader"

1991 Supreme Commander of the Korean Peoples Army

1994 Kim Il Sung died but remains President of the DPRK

1997 Kim Jong Il named General Secretary of the Korean Workers Party (KWP) & Chairman of the National Defense Commission

2008 Reportedly suffered a stroke and was temporarily incapacitated

Kim Jong Il is known as a womanizer with expensive tastes in Cognac who has amassed a vast collection of motion pictures and written and published on movies, theater, opera--the arts

 

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North Korea's Foreign Policy under Kim Jong Il

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Our Socialism Centered On the Masses Shall Not Perish

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On the Art of the Cinema: April 11,1973

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Kim Jong IL (Modern World Leaders)

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Terms of Note 

  • Juche Sasang (Self-reliant thought)
  • Songun (Military first)
  • Chin'aehanun Chidoja (Dear Leader)
  • Korean Workers Party [KWP] Choson Rodong Dang
  • Kim Il Sung (The Fatherly Leader)
    The Respected and Beloved Leader
    [Kyong'aehanun suryong-nim]
  • Korean Peoples Army [Choson inmingun]
  • Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK)
    [Choson Inmin Konghwaguk]
  • Flags of the Three Revolutions [Ideological, Technical, & Cultural]
  • The "Glorious Party Center" -- early epithet for Kim Jong Il
  • Youth Shock Troops [Sturmtruppers]

Linking the Dear Leader 

Wikipedia
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BBC News Profile
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Rotten Dot Com
A somewhat jaundiced view of the Dear Leader
My Kim Il Sung Lens
Intro and overview on Kim Jong Il's father, Kim Il Sung
Kim in Cartoons from Slate
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Kim in Cartoons from Slate
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Kim in Cartoons from Slate
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Netflix Has 6500 Foreign Movies 

Just a peek

Look for Joint Security Area (2002), Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)

001- Crash

Tensions erupt when the tangled lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge over a 36-hour period in the diverse metropolis of post-9/11 Los Angeles. Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Thandie Newton and Terrence Howard co-star in this Oscar-winning Best Picture from writer-director Paul Haggis.
002- The Departed

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise in Martin Scorsese's multiple Oscar-winning crime thriller. While an undercover cop (Leonardo DiCaprio) curries favor with the mob kingpin (Jack Nicholson), a career criminal (Matt Damon) rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
003- The Bucket List

When corporate mogul Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) wind up in the same hospital room, the two terminally ill men bust out of the cancer ward with a plan to experience life to the fullest before they kick the bucket. In a race against the reaper, the new friends hit the tables in Monte Carlo, down obscene amounts of caviar and tear up the road in supercharged cars. Rob Reiner directs.
004- The Pursuit of Happyness

Will Smith earned an Oscar nomination for an inspiring performance opposite his real-life son Jaden in this tearjerker about a struggling single parent who's determined to build a better life for his family. Chris Gardner (Smith) is smart and talented, but his dead-end salesman job barely pays the bills. When he and his son are evicted, they face trying times as a desperate Chris accepts an unpaid internship at a stock brokerage firm.
005- No Country for Old Men

A hunter (Josh Brolin) who stumbles upon a dead body, $2 million and a stash of heroin in a Texas desert absconds with the cash. But brutal thief Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) comes looking for it, with a local sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as violent pursuits of money and justice collide in this Oscar-winning morality tale from directors Joel and Ethan Coen, which nabbed the Best Picture prize.
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