Kim Jong-il
Overview
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
(North Korea). He is the Chairman of the National Defence Commission
Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea
The Chairman of the National Defense Commission of North Korea is the supreme commander of the armed forces of North Korea and the most powerful person in the government...
, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
Prior to 1966 the leader of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was the Chairman of the Central Committee. Since 1966, the year a party congress reformed the structure of the Party, the Central Committee has elected a leader called the General Secretary.-General Secretary of the...
, the ruling party since 1948, and the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army
Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army
Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army is the highest post of command of the Korean People's Army, the army of North Korea and is in charge of one of the largest standing armies in the world with around 5.9 million active duty personnel and reserves...
, the fourth largest standing army in the world.
Discussions
Quotations
Well, Madame Choi, you must be surprised to see that I resemble the droppings of a midget.
Remark to kidnapped South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee|Choi Eun-hee
It's all a lie. They're just pretending to praise me.
Remark to kidnapped South Korean director Shin Sang-ok|Shin Sang-ok (7 March 1983), regarding the people's devotion to him
The Armistice Agreement [that ended fighting in the Korean War in 1953] has, in effect, become a blank piece of paper without any effect or significance.
I'm an Internet expert too. It's all right to wire the industrial zone only, but there are many problems if other regions of the North are wired.