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| | | spouse =Kim Young Sook<br/>Song Hye-rim<br/>Ko Young-hee<br/>Kim Ok | | | spouse =Kim Young Sook<br/>Song Hye-rim<br/>Ko Young-hee<br/>Kim Ok |
| | | children =Kim Sul-song<br/>Kim Il-soon<br/>Kim Jong-nam<br/>Kim Jong-chul<br/>Kim Jong-un | | | children =Kim Sul-song<br/>Kim Il-soon<br/>Kim Jong-nam<br/>Kim Jong-chul<br/>Kim Jong-un |
| − | | death =19 November 2011 | + | | death =December 17, 2011 |
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| | | deathnumber =2,000,000 to 3,000,000+ | | | deathnumber =2,000,000 to 3,000,000+ |
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| − | '''Kim Jong Il''' ([[Hangul]]:김정일; [[Hanja]]:金正日) (born February 16, 1941 in Vyatskoye, Russia, died 19 December 2011) was the dictator of [[North Korea]]. He came to power in 1994 and died in 2011. He was also the leader of the [[Communist Party]] of North Korea. He wascriticized for extensive [[human rights]] abuses in North Korea. Over one million people in North Korea have starved to death as a result of his corrupt government, disastrous agricultural polices and refusal to accept international aid. | + | '''Kim Jong Il''' ([[Hangul]]:김정일; [[Hanja]]:金正日) (born February 16, 1941, in Vyatskoye, Russia; died December 17, 2011<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10745725</ref>) was the dictator of [[North Korea]]. He came to power in 1994 and died in 2011. He was also the leader of the [[Communist Party|Communist]] Worker's Party of (North) Korea. He was criticized for extensive [[human rights]] abuses in North Korea. Over one million people in North Korea have starved to death as a result of his corrupt government, disastrous agricultural polices, and refusal to accept international aid. |
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| | He came into power in 1994, after his father [[Kim Il Sung]] died, remained the North Korean leader until his death. He was an [[atheism|atheist]] and an intense persecutor of [[Christians]] and other organized religions. He was in conflict with the world community over the building of nuclear weapons, but seems to relish the attention. Kim claimed North Korea has built a nuclear weapon. | | He came into power in 1994, after his father [[Kim Il Sung]] died, remained the North Korean leader until his death. He was an [[atheism|atheist]] and an intense persecutor of [[Christians]] and other organized religions. He was in conflict with the world community over the building of nuclear weapons, but seems to relish the attention. Kim claimed North Korea has built a nuclear weapon. |