North korea new leader biography books

This book is especially important now with Kim Il Sung's death, the ending of the nuclear crisis between North Korea and the United States, and the obscured emergence of a successor regime ostensibly headed by Kim Il Jong, Sung's son.

However, this was not officially recognized until after Kim Jong-Il's death in December 2011.  Kim Jong-Un is now "Supreme Leader," among other titles.  His sister Kim Yo-Jong (1987?--) is second in power and influence to Kim Jong-Un in DPRK politics.  She is the deputy director of the Publicity and Information Department of the Workers' Party of Korea.  Recently Kim Jong-Un's young daughter Kim Ju Ae has been seen at various military events and formal functions with him, and there is some speculation (and controversy) over whether she is the "crown princess" to succeed him.

   Kang Ban Sok (Kang Pan-sok, 1892-1932) was Kim Il-Sung's mother, known as "The Mother of Korea" or "Great Mother of Korea."  In a photograph reproduced in many books about Kim Il-Sung, she is shown giving pistols to him, on a red cloth, for the anti-Japanese guerilla battles ("Comrade Kim Il-Sung receives weapons from his mother..")  She is portrayed as a courageous anti-Japanese fighter, instilling in her sons the fervor of the battle to liberate Korea from colonial power. 

    Kim Jong Suk (1917-1949) was Kim Il-Sung's first wife, his compatriot in anti-Japanese guerilla activities, and mother of Kim Jong-Il.  She died at 32 years old.  She also is known sometimes as the Mother of Korea.

• Kim Family and government officials biographies

  North Korea Leadership Watch has biographical information on the Kim family members, as well list of "DPRK elites" under Biographies topic.

  Korean Quarterly

  Preface to the Paperback Edition
  Preface
  Acknowledgements
  Part I: Young Kim and the United Army
  1. has to be commended for a thoroughly-researched study of the first North Korean president Il Sum King. The Sino-Soviet Dispute and Kim Il Sung
  Part V: Problems in Kim's Independence
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  This historic work delves into the origins of North Korea and its complex relationship with its progenitor, the Soviet Union, offering vital insights into the foundations of the regime that continues to shape the brutal and dangerous rule of Kim Jong-un today.’ — Kang Chol-hwan, North Korean escapee and co-author of The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

   

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  Fyodor Tertitskiy researches North Korean political, social and military history from South Korea, where he has been living for more than a decade.

  The Shift from Party to State
  16. The Republic by Kim
  Appendix 1. South Korea and the Third World
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  This book analyses North Korea as a "leader state", focusing on two elements, leader symbols and cult activities. Partisans of the United Army Not in North Korean Politics
  Appendix 3. To reveal the "leader state" character, the book specifically examines North Korea's leadership cults, its use of leader symbols in these cults, and the nature of the symbolism involved."

  Call Number: DS 935.5 L554 2015

  Publication Date: 2015 (Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge)

• Authoritarian Survival and Leadership Succession in North Korea and Beyond by Edward Goldring; Peter Ward [This book] examines how dictators manage elites to facilitate succession.

  His life is an extraordinary tale of improbable success: once a barely educated guerrilla fighter, he rose to lead the nation at the young age of 33. The Element presents evidence for these arguments from North Korea's two leadership transitions, leveraging original qualitative and quantitative evidence from inside North Korea.

  Publication Date: 2025 (Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press)