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Kim Il Sung 1954 -
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Kim
Il Sung 1912 -1953
The
Father
The
Husband
The
Son |
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| June
1 - July 19 1956 |
Kim Il Sung visits the
Soviet Union, the DDR, Rumania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria,
Albania and Mongol. |
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| November
21 - December 10 1958 |
Kim
Il Sung visits China and Vietnam. |
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| February
5 - 18 1960 |
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Kim
Il Sung gives on-the-spot guidance at Chongsan-ri, Kangso
County, South Pyongyang Province. He creates the Chongsan-ri spirit and methods. |
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| August
14 1960 |
At a meeting held to
commemorate the 15th anniversary of Korean Liberation Kim proposes a
North-South Confederacy for national reunification. |
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| June
29 - July 15 1961 |
Visits
to the Soviet Union and China. |
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| February
25 1964 |
Kim
Il Sung publishes "Theses on the Socialist Rural Question in Our
Country". |
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| April
10 - 20 1965 |
Visit
of Indonesia. |
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| October
5-12 1966 |
Kim
is elected General Secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK. |
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| 1967 |
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President
Kim Il Sung encourages workers engaged in construction works in
Pyongyang. |
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| December
16 1967 |
Kim
announces "10 Independence Major Platforms" based on ideology
of independence, self-reliance and self-defense or Juche. |
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| April
14 1972 |
Awarded
the title of Hero of the DPRK again. |
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| May
3 1972 |
Elucidates
the three-point principle of independence, peace and national unity as a
national common program of unification. |
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| December
25 1972 |
Elected
Head of the State. |
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| June
23 1973 |
Puts
forward a five-point proposal to reunify the country. |
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| April
18 - 26 1975 |
President
Kim Il Sung is greeted by a Chinese crowd in Beijing during his Chinese
visit. |
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| May
22 - June 9 1975 |
Visits
Rumania, Algeria, Mauritania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. |
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| September
5 1977 |
Publishes
a classical work: "On the Theses on Socialist Education". |
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| May
7 - 12 1980 |
Visits
Yugoslavia and Rumania. |
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| April
1982 |
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President
Kim Il Sung together with foreign heads of state mounts the stage and
presents a basket of flowers to artists, congratulating them on their
successful performance. |
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| September
16 - 25 1982 |
Visits
China. |
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| January
10 1984 |
Proposes
talks among north and south Korea and the U.S. at a meeting of SPA and
Central Committee. |
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| May
16 - July 1 1984 |
Visits
the Soviet Union, Poland, the DDR, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia,
Bulgaria and Rumania. |
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| November
26 - 28 1984 |
Visits
China. |
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| May
1985 |
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President
Kim Il Sung gives on-the-spot guidance at the Ragwon machine Factory. |
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| March
1986 |
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Cuban
President Fidel Castro Ruz paid an official visit to the DPRK. |
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| October
22 - 26 1986 |
Visits
the Soviet Union. |
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| April
1989 |
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President
Kim Il Sung meets Reverend Moon Ik Hwan in Pyongyang. |
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| May
24 1990 |
Reelected
the DPRK's President and elected chairman of National Defense Committee. |
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| September
26 - 27 1990 |
Meets
the then Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Kanemaru Shin of the
Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan (LDPJ) and the then Vice Chairman
Tanabe Makoto of the Social Democratic Party of Japan (SDPJ). A joint
declaration is issued by WPK, LDPJ and SDPJ (Sep. 28). |
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| October
4 - 13 1990 |
Visits
China. |
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| December
1991 |
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President
Kim Il Sung meets children of Pyongyang city greeting the New Year
in |
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| April
13 1992 |
Awarded
the title of "Generalissimo" by the WPK Central Committee and
the Central Military Commission. |
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| February
24 1993 |
Publishment
of a letter "For the Ultimate Solution of the Rural Question under
the Banner of the Socialist Rural Theses," sent to the national
agricultural conference. |
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| April
6 1993 |
Clarifies
the unification proposal for national unity: " 10-Point Program of
the Great Unity of the Whole Nation for the Reunification of the
Country". |
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| December
25 1993 |
Receives
U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. |
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| April
1994 |
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President
Kim Il Sung meets Cambodian President Norodom Shianouk. |
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| January
29 1994 |
Meets
U.S. Evangelist Billy Graham. |
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| April
16 1994 |
Meets
a foreign delegation including the Senior Vice President of Cable News
Network International (CNN) of the United States. |
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| June
16 - 17 1994 |
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President
Kim Il Sung meets former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. |
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| June
19 1994 |
Meets
Miki Mutsuko, the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Miki Takeo and
her family. |
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| July
8 1994 |
Kim
Il Sung passed away from a heart shock following myocardial infarction
owing to heavy mental strains.
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
