[32] These words were followed by a loud applause by the crowd at Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung Square where the parade was held. Evidently, that never happened. [79], Japan's Kyodo News agency reported on 14 September, that "Kim collapsed on 14 August due to stroke or a cerebral hemorrhage, and that Beijing dispatched five military doctors at the request of Pyongyang. Kim was named Chairman of the National Defence Commission on 9 April 1993,[33] making him day-to-day commander of the armed forces. Rodman added the island was like a “seven-star party”, with endless cocktails and jet skis. [86], On 5 November 2008, the North's Korean Central News Agency published 2 photos showing Kim posing with dozens of Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers on a visit to military Unit 2200 and sub-unit of Unit 534. At some point in 2012, following the death of North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jong … [8], Kim’s estranged half-brother Kim Jong-Nam was also killed in 2017. hitType: 'event', On 8 July 1994, Kim il-sung died at the age of 82 from a heart attack. 'I encouraged him to bring his friends home, because we wanted them to live a normal life. He ordered those who were caught blowing off remembrance events to be sent to labor camps for up to six months. -Shaq would have been a great benchwarmer, Field goals in the final three minutes of the game are worth eight points, -NO. And while Jordan declined the request, then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright gifted the brutal regime with a basketball signed by the sportsman. The North Korean official seems passionate about American basketball to the point that he had extensive knowledge of payers and past games. [124], Kim was said to be a huge film fan, owning a collection of more than 20,000 video tapes and DVDs. Kim Jong-Un had previously been at a top private school, but despite having thousands of pounds lavished on his education he didn't leave with even the equivalent of a single GCSE. A personality disorder evaluation", "Kim Jong-il collected news and commentary", "Hidden Daughter" Visits Kim Jong-il Every Year, BBC, North Korea's secretive 'first family', Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, On Further Improving Party Ideological Work, Our Socialism Centred on the Masses Shall Not Perish, Eternal General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Eternal Chairman of the National Defence Commission, Abduction of Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee, Vice-Marshals of the Korean People's Army, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kim_Jong-il&oldid=981445703, Leaders of political parties in North Korea, Chairmen and General Secretaries of the Workers' Party of Korea, Articles with dead external links from May 2016, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages, Wikipedia indefinitely move-protected pages, Pages using collapsible list with both background and text-align in titlestyle, Articles containing Russian-language text, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with CINII identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 1980–2011: Member, Presidium of the Political Bureau of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, 1974–2011: Member, Political Bureau of the 5th, 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, 1972–1997: Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea, 1972–2011: Member, 5th, 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, 1982–2011: Deputy, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Supreme People's Assembly, 1997–2011: Chairman, Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, 1980–1997: Member, Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, 1990–1993: First Vice Chairman, National Defense Commission, Party Center of the WPK and Member, Central Committee of the WPK (1970s), Member, Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, Eternal Leader (posthumous) (January 2012 – present), Generalissimo of the DPRK (posthumous) (January 2012 – present), Eternal General Secretary, Workers' Party of Korea (posthumous) (11 April 2012 – present), Eternal Chairman of the National Defence Commission (posthumous) (13 April 2012 – present), Eternal leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (posthumous) (7 May 2016 – present), Eternal leader of Juche Korea (posthumous) (29 June 2016 – present), This page was last edited on 2 October 2020, at 10:44. No figure was ever disclosed for the number of fatalities.[6]. In April 2009, North Korea's constitution was amended to refer to him and his successors as the "supreme leader of the DPRK". [169] There is a "Kim Jong-il's Works Exhibition House" dedicated to his works in North Korea, holding 1,100 of his works and manuscripts.