
Kim Jong-il
Known for ActingBorn 1941-02-16Died 2011-12-17Khabarovsk, USSR
Kim Jong Il, born Yuri Irsenovich Kim on 16 February 1941, was a North Korean politician who was the second President of North Korea. He led North Korea following the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994 until his own death in 2011, when he was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Un. Afterwards, Kim Jong Il was declared Eternal General Secretary of the WPK. In the early 1980s, Kim had become the heir apparent for the leadership of North Korea, thus being established the Kim dynasty and he assumed important posts in party and army organizations. Kim was the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), WPK Presidium, Chairman of the National Defense Commission (NDC) of North Korea and the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the fourth-largest standing army in the world. Kim assumed leadership during a period of catastrophic economic crisis amidst the dissolution of the Soviet Union, on which it was heavily dependent for trade in food and other supplies, which brought a famine. Kim strengthened the role of the military by his Songun ("military-first") policies, making the army the central organizer of civil society. Kim's rule also saw economic reforms, including the opening of the Kaesong Industrial Park in 2003. Following Kim's failure to appear at important public events in 2008, foreign observers assumed that Kim had either fallen seriously ill or died. On 19 December 2011, the North Korean government announced that he had died two days earlier, whereupon his third son, Kim Jong Un, was promoted to a senior position in the ruling WPK and succeeded him.Read more
Movies & web series
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Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
2024 · Movie
Nordkorea – Die Macht der Kim-Dynastie
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Nordkorea – Die Macht der Kim-Dynastie
2023 · Movie
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President
2019 · Movie
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NHK WORLD PRIME
2017 · Series
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Moving
2023 · Series
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Korea: The Never-Ending War
2019 · Movie
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A State of Mind
2005 · Movie
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Beyond Utopia
2023 · Movie
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North Korea: The Parade
1989 · Movie
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Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography
2015 · Movie
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One Day on Earth
2012 · Movie
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How to Become a Tyrant
2021 · Series
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King of Clones
2023 · Movie
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The Red Chapel
2010 · Movie
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Spycraft
2021 · Series
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The Propaganda Game
2015 · Movie
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The Lovers and the Despot
2016 · Movie
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I Am Sun Mu
2015 · Movie
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Dictator: One Crazy Job
2013 · Movie
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Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in PyongYang
2015 · Movie
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Sea of Blood
1969 · Movie
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North Korea: Inside The Mind of a Dictator
2021 · Movie
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Friends Of Kim
2006 · Movie
North Korean Film Madness
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North Korean Film Madness
2011 · Movie
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Always Working Together for the People
1994 · Movie
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Spotlight
2015 · Series
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Korea, A Hundred Years of War
2020 · Movie
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Death of a President
2006 · Movie
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Pulgasari
1986 · Movie
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The Schoolgirl's Diary
2007 · Movie
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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Il is a Great Thinker and Theoretician
2000 · Movie

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North Korea: A Plan to Survive
2023 · Movie
A Friend of Kim
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A Friend of Kim
2019 · Movie

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Kim Jong-il
2011 · Movie

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Unsung Heroes
1978 · Series