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'''Kim Jong-suk''' (December 24, 1917 – September 22, 1949) was [[Kim Il-sung]]'s |
'''Kim Jong-suk''' (December 24, 1917 – September 22, 1949) was [[Kim Il-sung]]'s second wife and [[Kim Jong-il]]'s mother. |
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Kim Jong-suk was born December 24, 1917 to Kim Chun San and Oh Ssi in [[Osan-dong]], [[Hoeryong]] County, in the [[North Hamgyong]] Province of [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese Korea]] to a family of poor farmers. Later, her family would abandon Korea to live in [[China]] in 1922. Kim Jong-suk joined the [[Young Communist League of Korea]], led by Kim Il-sung, on July 10, 1932. Later, on April 25, 1936, she was assigned to the KPRA main unit directly under the command of Kim Il-sung. Kim Jong-suk was formally admitted into the Communist Party on January 25, 1937. Kim Jong-suk gave birth to [[Kim Jong-il]] on February 16, 1941 in the Soviet village of [[Vyatskoye]], near [[Khabarovsk]]. |
Kim Jong-suk was born December 24, 1917 to Kim Chun San and Oh Ssi in [[Osan-dong]], [[Hoeryong]] County, in the [[North Hamgyong]] Province of [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese Korea]] to a family of poor farmers. Later, her family would abandon Korea to live in [[China]] in 1922. Kim Jong-suk joined the [[Young Communist League of Korea]], led by Kim Il-sung, on July 10, 1932. Later, on April 25, 1936, she was assigned to the KPRA main unit directly under the command of Kim Il-sung. Kim Jong-suk was formally admitted into the Communist Party on January 25, 1937. Kim Jong-suk gave birth to [[Kim Jong-il]] on February 16, 1941 in the Soviet village of [[Vyatskoye]], near [[Khabarovsk]]. |
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Chosŏn'gŭl | 김정숙 |
Hancha | 金正淑, born 金貞淑 |
Revised Romanization | Gim Jeong-suk |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chŏng-suk |
Kim Jong-suk (December 24, 1917 – September 22, 1949) was Kim Il-sung's second wife and Kim Jong-il's mother.
Kim Jong-suk was born December 24, 1917 to Kim Chun San and Oh Ssi in Osan-dong, Hoeryong County, in the North Hamgyong Province of Japanese Korea to a family of poor farmers. Later, her family would abandon Korea to live in China in 1922. Kim Jong-suk joined the Young Communist League of Korea, led by Kim Il-sung, on July 10, 1932. Later, on April 25, 1936, she was assigned to the KPRA main unit directly under the command of Kim Il-sung. Kim Jong-suk was formally admitted into the Communist Party on January 25, 1937. Kim Jong-suk gave birth to Kim Jong-il on February 16, 1941 in the Soviet village of Vyatskoye, near Khabarovsk.
On September 22, 1949, Kim Jong-suk died at the age of 31 while giving birth to a stillborn baby girl. Known in Korea as "The Heroine of the Anti-Japanese Revolution", the North Korean government conferred the title of DPRK Hero on her on September 21, 1972; her image is used as part of the propaganda apparatus of the Juche Workers Party of North Korea, in which she is portrayed as a revolutionary woman.
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References
- Suh, Dae-Sook, Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader. New York: Columbia University Press (1988)
- Japser Becker, "Rogue Regime: Kim John Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea",