School children visit a house in Mangyongdae a few kilometers west of Pyongyang where it is claimed President Kim Il Sung was born. Kim Il Sung was the pseudonym for Kim Song Ju. Kim was born in Pyongi near Pyongyang in 1912. Kim and his family emigrated to Manchuria in the 1920s. In 1930 Kim founded the Korean Revolutionary Army, a guerrilla group that fought against the Japanese military. With the support of the Soviet Union and China, he became the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1948. In the post-Korean War years, Kim developed the idea of Juche, an ideology of self-reliance blended with Marxism thus creating a distinct "native" Korean communism. In1994, at the age of 82, Kim Il Sung died.
North Korea: Performance for the Great Leader Kim Il Sung's 80th Birthday
Caption: Pyongyang, North_Korea - Apr 1992. A celebration of Kim Il Sung's 80th birthday at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang. Years of rigorous training by 40,000 students created a strange but colorfull performance. Kim Il Sung was the pseudonym for Kim Song Ju. Kim was born in Pyongi near Pyonyang in 1912. Kim and his family emigrated to Manchuria in the 1920's. In 1930 Kim founded the Korean Revolutionary Army, a guerrilla group that fought against the Japanese military. With the support of the Soviet Union and China he became the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1948. In the post-Korean War years Kim developed the idea of juche, an ideology of self-reliance blended with Marxism thus creating a distinct "native" Korean communism. In1994, at the age of 82, Kim Il Sung died. Credit: Gerhard Jörén/Asiaworksphotos.com Contact: sales@asiaworksphotos.com Legal Notice: Any use of this picture is subject to a license agreement entered into by the user and AsiaWorks Photography Ltd. All other rights reserved. Any re-use and redistribution of this image is prohibited. For sales enquiries regarding any additional use of this or other pictures from AsiaWorks Photography please contact sales@asiaworksphotos.com
