Caption: Pyongyang, North_Korea - Feb 1994. Thousands of people visit the Grand Monument, a bronze statue of Kim Il Sung, on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang every day to show respect for their Great Leader. 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
Caption: Panmunjom, North_Korea - Feb 1994. A nurse with a new born baby at Pyongyang Maternity Hospital. Only selected patients are treated at this high class hospital. 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
Caption: Pyongyang, North_Korea - Feb 1994. A patient is treated at the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital. Only selected patients are treated at this high class hospital. 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
