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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Korean human rights activists, Korean independence activists, North Korean activists, South Korean activists, Syngman Rhee, Ham Seok-heon, Kim Il-sung, Kim Gu, An Jung-geun, Yuh Woon-Hyung, Minerva, Song Du-yul, Yun Chi-ho, Kim Kyu-sik, Pak Hon-yong, An Chang-ho, Jang In-hwan, Shin Chaeho, Yun Bo-seon, Lee Kyung Hae, Heo Jeong, Choi Jungsook, Helen Foster Snow, Son Byong-Hi, Jeon Myeong-un, Kim Jwa-jin, Kim Wan-seop, Maria Kim, Fumiko Kaneko, Song Sin-do, Yoon Bong-Gil, Park Hee Byung, Yun Chi-Young, Hong Jin, Kim Seong-su, Ernest Bethel, Yu Gwan-sun, Lee Bong-chang, Jeon Tae-il, Lee Hoe-yeong, Yun Dong-ju, New Il-han, Yi Dongnyeong, Park Yeol, Kim Hy ng-jik, Park Eun-sik, Yang Gi-tak, Han Yong-un, Ji Cheong-cheon, Hong Beom-do, O Chin-u, Jean-Baptiste Kim, Lee Beom-seok, Kim Myong-chol, Chang Hyo-hui, Yi Sang-ryong, Shin Pal-gyun, Kim Myeong-sik, Kim Won-bong, Yun Chung-Ok, Mun Segwang, Kim Tu-bong, Yi Wi-Jong, Park Cha Jeong, Yeom Dong-jin, Jang Jun-ha, Ham TaeYoung. Excerpt: Kim Il-sung (15 April 1912 - 8 July 1994) was a Korean communist politician who led the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (better known as North Korea) from its founding in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to his death. He was also the Chairman and General Secretary of the Workers Party of Korea. During his tenure as leader of North Korea, he ruled the nation with autocratic power and established an all-pervasive cult of personality. From the mid-1960s, he promoted his self-developed Juche variant of communist national organisation. Along with South Korean leader Park Chung-hee, Kim Il-sung was named one of the top 100 Asians of the Century by Time magazine (1999), . Lately (2009) in the Library of Congress Country Study on North Korea, he is described as "one of th...
