Honorary Vice President, SPA Presidium Yong Ju Kim of Korea, North
Kim has just finished her performance schedule and I¡¯m quite overwhelmed with the exhibition too.
New Premier Kim had been minister of land and marine transport in the Cabinet.
In government publications Kim was generally called "Great Leader"; his son, Kim Jong-il, is called "Dear Leader.
While fighting the Japanese, Kim took the name of Kim Il-sung, an earlier Korean guerilla fighter.
Kim was placed in power by the occupying Soviet forces in 1945, but soon established his own power bases by eliminating rival political factions.
About 1925 Kim fled with his parents to Manchuria to escape Japanese oppression.
Despite such tales of glory, Kim was forced to flee Manchuria for the Soviet Union around 1939, when Japanese Imperial forces trounced the Chinese guerrillas with whom he was fighting.
There, Kim received his military and political training at the Soviet party school in Khabarovsk in the Soviet Far East.
Kim had been picked by local Soviet commanders in Pyongyang to be North Korea's leader, in part because they knew few other Koreans.
Kim invaded South Korea in June, 1950, armed by the Soviets.
The depth and character of North Korea's mourning for Kim was difficult for Westerners to comprehend.
After the mourning period, Kim was succeeded by his son, already groomed for the public as the Dear Leader.
Although Kim has established relations with a number of Western nations, easing the North's diplomatic isolation, and hosted a meeting with South Korean president Kim Dae Jung in 2000, he did not reciprocate with a visit to the South and the North has provoked international crises to win desperately needed food and other aid.
Kim was born to Kim Hyŏng-jik and Kang Pan-sŏk, who gave him the name Kim Sŏng-ju, and had two younger brothers, Ch’ŏl-chu and Yŏng-ju.
Kim was joined by Kim Phyong Hae, chief secretary of the North Phyongan Provincial Committee of the WPK, Jon Pyong Ho, secretary of its Central Committee, and Ri Yong Chol and Ju Kyu Chang, first vice department directors of its Central Committee.
Kim was joined by senior party, state and army officials, Kim Yong Nam, Jo Myong Rok, Pak Pong Ju, Kim Yong Chun, Kim Il Chol, Ri Yong Mu, Jon Pyong Ho, Choe Thae Bok, Kim Kuk Thae, Kim Jung Rin, Kim Ki Nam, Jong Ha Chol and Choe Yong Rim, and chief secretaries of the provincial committees of the WPK and chairmen of the provincial people's committees.
While there, Kim was presented with a medal commemorating the 60th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Kim was joined by generals of the KPA Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim met with Stanislav Kalinin, head of the a music troupe of the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory, Igor Ivanovich Rayevsky, head of the Russian Sveshnikov State Academic Chorus, Leonid Petrovich Milivanov, head of the Russian Kazakh Dance Company, Vladimir Kirsanov, head of the Russian tap dance group, and Andrei Gennadiyevich Karlov, Russian ambassador to the DPRK.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su and Hyon Chol Hae and Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of the C.
Kim was accompanied by Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of its Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of the C.
Kim was joined by Chief of the KPA General Staff Kim Yong Chun and KPA General Pak Jae Gyong.
Seperately, Kim met with Rim Tong Won (Lim Dong Won), former director of the National Intelligence Service, Pak Jae Gyu, former minister of Unification, Choe Hak Rae, former manager of the newspaper Hangyore, Kim Po Hyon, former vice-director of the National Intelligence Service, Kang Man Gil, former president of Sangji University, and Kim Min Ha, former chief vice-chairman of the Advisory Council on Peaceful Unification Policy, and Pak Yong Gil, widow of Rev.
Kim met Head of the dance company Elena Scherbakova, Russian Ambassador to the DPRK Andrei Karlov and his wife.
Kim was joined by Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong, generals of the KPA, Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission and first vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, and Ri Jae Il, first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim was joined by Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of its Central Committee, and Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of its Central Committee.
Kim was met by Ko Jong Dok, chairman of the Kangwon Provincial People's Committee, Pak Jong Nam, secretary of the Kangwon Provincial Committee of the WPK, and senior officials of the province and the saltern.
Kim was accompanied by Ri Jae Il, first vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, and Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of its Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by First Vice Department Director Ri Jae Il and Vice Department Director Hwang Pyong So of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim met with Mira Koltsova, head of the dancing troupe, and Russian Ambassador to the DPRK Andrei Karlov and his wife.
Kim was joined by Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Ri Kyong Sik, minister of Agriculture, and KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim was accompanied by Hwang Pyong So, vice-department director of the Central Committee of the WPK.
Kim was joined by Ri Yong Chol and Ri Jae Il, first vice- department directors of the Central Committee of the WPK.
Kim was accompanied by Secretary Kim Ki Nam and Department Director Pak Nam Gi of the Central Committee of the WPK, and met by Hong Song Nam, chief secretary of the South Hamgyong Provincial Committee of the WPK, Kim Phung Gi, chairman of the South Hamgyong Provincial People's Committee, and others.
Kim was accompanied by Kim Ki Nam and Pak Nam Gi.
Kim was met by Hong Song Nam, chief secretary of the South Hamgyong Provincial Committee of the WPK, Kim Phung Gi, chairman of the South Hamgyong Provincial People's Committee, and leading officials of the complex and the factory.
Kim was accompanied by Kim Ki Nam, Pak Nam Gi and Ju Kyu Chang.
Kim was accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Kim Kuk Thae and Kim Ki Nam, secretaries of the Central Committee of the WPK, Ri Yong Chol and Ri Jae Il, first vice- department directors of the C.
Kim was joined by Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, KPA Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol, member of the NDC of the DPRK and minister of the People's Armed Forces, Kim Kuk Thae and Kim Ki Nam, secretaries of the Central Committee of the WPK, Ri Yong Chol and Ri Jae Il, first vice department directors of the Central Committee of the WPK, and KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim was met by Viktor Yeliseev, head of the ensemble, and Oleg Davydov, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Russian embassy here.
Kim was met by Ryang Jang Gyun, vice-minister of Construction and Building Materials Industries, and leading officials of the factory.
Kim was accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Pak Nam Gi, department director of the WPK Central Committee, Ri Jae Il, first vice department director of the C.
Kim was accompanied by Vice Marshal of the KPA Kim Yong Chun, member of the NDC of the DPRK and chief of the General Staff of the KPA, KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong, Ri Jae Il, first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, and Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Pak Nam Gi, department director of the C.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Ri Jae Il, first vice department director of the C.
Kim was accompanied by Vice Department Director of the Central Committee of the WPK Hwang Pyong So.
Kim was accompanied by Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su and Pak Jae Gyong and Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK.
Kim met with commanding officer of the company Son Kyong Ho, son of the Om Pok Sun soldiers' family well known to the country.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of the C.
Kim was met by Pak Yong Sok, chairman of the Central Control Commission of the WPK, Kim Phyong Hae, chief secretary of the North Phyongan Provincial Committee of the WPK, Kang Kyong UK, vice- minister of Agriculture, Choe Hu Yong, chairman of the North Phyongan Provincial Rural Economy Committee, Kim Pyong Sik, chief secretary of the Phihyon County Committee of the WPK and other leading officials of Pyongyang and the province.
Kim was joined on his visit by Kim Kuk Thae and Kim Ki Nam, secretaries of the C.
Kim was accompanied by Kim Phyong Hae, chief secretary of the North Phyongan Provincial Committee of the WPK, and Kim Kuk Thae, Kim Ki Nam, secretaries of the C.
Kim was accompanied by Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of the C.
Kim was accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet.
Kim was accompanied by Kim Kuk Thae and Kim Ki Nam, secretaries of the Central Committee of the WPK, Ri Jae Il, first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, and Generals of the Korean People's Army Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong, First Vice Department Director of the WPK Central Committee Ri Jae Il and Vice Department Director of the WPK Central Committee Hwang Pyong So.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong, First Vice Department Director of the C.
Kim was accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, KPA Vice Marshal Kim Yong Chun, member of the NDC of the DPRK and chief of the KPA General Staff, KPA Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol, member of the NDC and minister of the People's Armed Forces, KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
Korea's Kim had surgery after strokedocument.
Kim has spent most of his career at the Maritime and Land Transport Ministry.
Kim was accorded no less than fifth place in party precedence.