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'''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.  

'''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 North Korean [[Communist Party|Communist]] party (officially, the Worker's Party of 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.  

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.