Kim Jong Il

Kim Jong Il was born in 1942. It is not known exactly where: according to the official version - at a partisan base in Korea, according to another - in Siberia. During the lifetime of his father, Great Leader Kim Il Sung - in 1990 - he was named the official successor of Kim Il Sung, and in 1991 he became commander-in-chief.
Currently, Kim Jong Il is the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army and the head of the Defense Committee. The predictions of almost all political observers that the current leader of the DPRK will occupy the still vacant post of president of the republic have not come true. Apparently, this post will remain forever assigned to Kim Il Sung, who died in 1994.
We bring to your attention an excerpt from Alexander Brezhnev’s article “Comrade Kim” in the newspaper “Zavtra”. The excerpt contains a biography of the Beloved Leader, designed in a style that is as close as possible to him.
Kim Jong Il was born at dawn on February 16 at the foot of the majestic Mount Paektu in a secret guerrilla camp in 1942. Under the whistle of bullets and the roar of cannonade, in the atmosphere of the heroic struggle of Korean partisans against the Japanese occupiers. Instead of the smell of incense, his baptism was attended by the smell of gunpowder, instead of the lamentations of the priest - the cacophony of a furious night battle, the clanking of weapons and spent cartridges, battle commands and cries.
The mother of the newborn, the legendary partisan heroine Kim Jong-suk, sewed the child’s first clothes from her own military uniform and the uniform of Kim Il-sung, the leader of the partisans, the father of Kim Jong-il. The diapers and blanket for the son of the rebel detachment were sewn by partisans from scraps of fabric. This blanket covered little Kim Jong Il until the victory of the Korean liberation army over the Japanese conquerors.
Chen Il spent his entire childhood surrounded by soldiers, weapons and war. All these years he was with his father and mother, wandering around partisan camps, on dangerous campaigns behind the rear of the Japanese troops. Three-year-old Chen Il spent about a year in the Soviet Union with his father in a training camp. Then the USSR also fought for its independence, straining all its strength for the war with Germany.
Thus, the childhood of the future North Korean leader was spent in hunger and cold, in constant danger and anxiety. But affection and care, simple treats from ordinary Koreans remained forever in the baby’s heart. A handful of rice brought for a child by partisans living on bread alone satiated not so much the boy’s eternally hungry stomach as his soul, forming a strong and devoted fighter.
From his early years, having loved to try on the military caps of partisans, Chen Il merged with the army and fell in love with the military. During breaks between battles and studies, tired fighters loved to play with the baby. The beginning of the life of the future leader, born the son of a real warrior, served as a good impetus in life and set him on the path of an uncompromising fight against evil. He grew up unfamiliar with candy, ignorant of toys, dressed in clothes that smelled of gunpowder, fed from a partisan cauldron and heard the conversations of the military.
Then Chen Il already knew what hatred of enemies and love for neighbors means, he heard the joyful cries of victory, the restrained groans of soldiers who had lost friends in battle, and the cries of women whose loved ones were killed in battle. The honor of a warrior, love for the Motherland and devotion to his people were probably firmly entrenched in the minds of Kim Jong Il in those years.
Of course, his glorious father played an important role in the upbringing of today’s Korean leader. Kim Il Sung, who headed the DPRK, taught his son the art of governing the country from a young age, taught him to delve into all its problems, manage all spheres of his life himself, and most importantly, taught him to be loyal to the Motherland. Don’t think about personal good, but give everything to the people, put all your time and energy for the good of the country. Kim Jong Il did not become a big boy and daddy's boy, like the children of other Soviet leaders. Not wanting his son to have an easy career, Kim Il Sung appointed Kim Jong Il as commander of the Korean People's Army.
The public service of the future leader began in military units, in the command of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, on the training fields, not in the dust of parquet and a heap of reports and denunciations, but among sweat, diesel fuel and gunpowder. Eternal trips to garrisons, barracks and officer camps. There, under the leadership of the young Kim Jong Il, the defense power of free Korea was forged. The firmness of Kim Jong Il himself was created through constant concern for the army, combat training, weapons, equipment and supply of troops, and their fighting spirit.
“Let us raise our children to be loyal and devoted, resolutely defending leader Kim Jong Il to the death!”
slogan of the DPRK women's rally
Kim Il Sung took over North Korea at an even more difficult time. Devastation after the war, collapse and confusion. Kim Il Sung raised the country from ruins and in a few years made it a powerful power that was able to defend its independence in a bloody war with the United States. America, which by that time already possessed nuclear weapons, was unable to defeat the small and proud Korean people, choking in its own blood.
Today, Kim Jong Il is called upon to solve a similar problem, and he solves it quite successfully. Now we can confidently say that the DPRK was lucky, unlike many other countries in the world, with its leader.

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