LC control no. | sh2007005660 |
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Geographic heading | Korea (North)--Politics and government--1994-2011 |
Found in | Encyclopedia Britannica WWW site, Sep. 10, 2007: Kim Chong-il (Kim, Ii-sung died of a heart attack in 1994, Kim Jong Il , also spelled Kim Chong Il, became North Korea's de facto leader. He was named chairman of the KWP in October 1997, and in September 1998 he formally assumed the nation's highest post) Encyclopedia Britannica WWW site, Feb. 11, 2013 Kim Jong-Eun (also spelled Kim Jong Un, North Korean political official who succeeded his father, Kim Jong Il, as leader of North Korea (2011--). After the death of his father in December 2011, Kim Jong-Eun was declared the country's supreme leader, an unofficial title that nonetheless signaled his position as the head of both the government and North Korea's military force) |