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Yes. Kim Il Sung was North Korea's leader when the war started. Kim Il Sung (the "Great Leader") was the Premier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. He was the leader of the DPRK for the first 44 years of the "Fatherland Liberation War"- the North Korean name for the Korean War. He was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Il, the "Dear Leader" upon his death.
Yes. Kim Il-Sung was an authoritarian dictator in life and remains one in death. He was also the first leader of North Korea. However, all of the Korean and Japanese emperors who ruled over the Korean peninsula before Kim Il-Sung ruled North Korean were authoritarian leaders.
Kim II-Sung was leader from 1948-1994(death)
Joseph Stalin was the second Soviet leader and replaced the original leader Lenin upon his death. Stalin led the Soviets to victory in WW2 and thru the Korean War in 1950 through 1953 until his death in March 1953; the Korean War ended by Armistice in July 1953.
Josef Stalin remained the leader of the Soviet Union until his death in 1953, in middle of the Korean War. After a power struggle, Nikita Khrushchev became the new leader in 1955.
Kim Jong-il's death was announced around noon on December 19, 2011 (Korean time). He actually died on December 17, and the autopsy that determined the cause was heart failure was done on December 18th.
The main cause of death for N. Korea now is starvation.
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) was the first Soviet (Russian) Leader to succeed Joseph Stalin after his death in 1953 (the end of the Korean War). Khrushchev was the leader of the Soviet Union (Russia) from 1953 until 1964.
Yes. Kim Il Sung, the founder and first leader of North Korea passed away on July 8, 1994 at age 82.
Many north korean Olympians have gone home without a medal and never seen again.
North was sad because he was there leader and the South was sad because he had made a promise to them that there would be peace between the North and the South forever.