Kim Il-sung

Japanese: 金日成 - きんにっせい

A politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. His real name was Kim Sung-ju. He was born in South Pyongan Province. He worked under the leadership of the Communist Party of China in northeastern China (Manchuria) from a young age. He joined the Communist Party in 1931. He participated in the anti-Japanese guerrilla war from 1932 onwards, and moved to Soviet territory in 1940. He returned to his homeland as General Kim Il-sung with the Soviet army in 1945, and became Prime Minister (President of the Republic after 1972) when the Republic was founded in 1948, and Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1949 (General Secretary after 1966). In 1950, he started the Korean War with the aim of unifying the country southwards, but failed. After the war, he established his power by eliminating Park Hun-young and others in 1953 and Choe Chang-ik of the Yenan faction in 1956, and has consistently held the position of the country's highest leader ever since. After the Sino-Soviet dispute in the 1960s, he advocated self-reliance and advocated the Juche (Juche) ideology. His son from his previous marriage, Kim Jong-il, inherited power.
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Japanese:

朝鮮民主主義人民共和国の政治家。本名金成柱。平安南道の出身。少年時より中国東北（満州）で中国共産党指導下に活動。1931年共産党に入党。1932年以降抗日遊撃戦に参加，1940年以降ソ連領に移動。1945年ソ連軍とともに金日成将軍として故国に入り，1948年共和国創建とともに首相（1972年以後は共和国主席），1949年朝鮮労働党中央委員長（1966年以後は総書記）となる。1950年南進統一をめざして朝鮮戦争を起こしたが失敗し，戦後の1953年朴憲永ら，1956年延安派の崔昌益らを排除して権力を確立，以後一貫して同国の最高指導者としての地位を保持した。1960年代の中ソ論争以降は自力更生を標榜し，チュチェ（主体）思想を唱導。前妻の子の金正日が権力を継承した。
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