Kim Il-sung was a North Korean Communist leader from its founding in early 1948 until his death, when he was succeeded by his son Kim Jong-il. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to his death. He was also the General Secretary of the Workers Party of Korea where he exercised autocratic power. As leader of North Korea, he ended up switching from a Marxist-Leninist ideology to the Juche idea and established a personality cult. Wikipedia
Systematic Human Rights Violations Laws and Human Rights In North Korea, the instructions of Kim Il-Sung or Kim Jong-il are regarded as the highest laws and even surpass the constitution or the decision of the Workers Party. www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/korea_today/p_korea_tod...
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