Two generations of Field Marshall Kims have ruled North Korea, a brutal Stalinist dictatorship. The second generation President, Field Marshall Kim Jong-Il, passed away on December 17, 2011. Read all about him here.
The Kims made North Korea, their personal fiefdom, an isolated autocracy and to the US, an international pariah.
While South Korea is the toast of town and a beacon of democracy in US eyes, it is also a military dictatorship under the CIA, where socialists can be bumped off any time.
Read all about Kim the Monster here. From Wikipedia.
Kim Jong-Il (February 16, 1941 - December 17, 2011) was the President of North Korea from July 8, 1994 until his death on December 17, 2011.
He was the eldest son of Field Marshall Kim Il-Sung aka Kim Sung-Ju, the founder and first President of North Korea. He was born in Vyatskoye, Khabarovsk, Russia.
He received his early education in China.
He also studied English in Malta.
In 1991, after rising the ranks in the North Korean Communist Party and government over the decades, Kim became defence minister of North Korea and head of the North Korean Armed Forces.
Kim is survived by a wife and four children.
