Who was Kim il Jong?

Answer 1

Kim Jong Il (born February 16,1941) is the de facto dictator, as Chairman of the National Defense Commission, of the nation of North Korea. He is General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party. His father was Kim Il Sung, the founder of the partitioned Korean state in 1948. Kim Jong Il was born in Siberia, where his father was a member of the Red Army following the Japanese defeat of the Korean armies. Kim's rule over North Korea has been marked by the building of a personality cult for him and for his late father. His reclusive nature and often bizarre idiosyncracies have led many in the West to speculate that he is mentally unstable. Rumors of his ill health or supposed death have circulated for several years.

Answer 2

Kim Jong Il (born February 16,1941) is the de facto dictator, as Chairman of the National Defense Commission, of the nation of North Korea. He is General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party. His father was Kim Il Sung, the founder of the partitioned Korean state in 1948. Kim Jong Il was born in Siberia, where his father was a member of the Red Army following the Japanese defeat of the Korean armies. Kim's rule over North Korea has been marked by the building of a personality cult for him and for his late father. His reclusive nature and often bizarre idiosyncracies have led many in the West to speculate that he is mentally unstable. Rumors of his ill health or supposed death have circulated for several years.