List of things named after Kim Il-sung

Kim Il-sung was the founder and first leader of North Korea. Jane Portal, the author of Art Under Control in North Korea, assesses that: "[i]t is probably the case that Kim Il-sung [had] more buildings named after him during his lifetime than any other leader in history".[1] North Korea claims that "[m]ore than 480 streets, institutions and organizations in 100 countries were named after Kim Il Sung".[2] Since Kim Il-sung's name Il-sung (Korean: 일성; Hanja: 日成) can mean "the Sun", many things named after him are actually called this way.[3]

Kimilsungia is the namesake flower of Kim Il-sung.

List

Education and research

• Kim Il-sung College for Physics[4] – located in Pochon County, Ryanggang Province and named to commemorate the 1937 Battle of Pochonbo[5]
• Kim Il-sung Military University[4] – school for selected commissioned officers.[5]
• Kim Il-sung University – called that since it opened in 1946[6]
• Kim Il-sung University of Politics[7]
• Kim Il-sung Open University[4]
• Kim Il-sung Higher Party School[4] – the country's top school for the selected few[5]
• Kim Il-sung Research Institute of Agricultural Science – in Guinea[8]
• "Kim Il-sung Research Institute" – generic name for classrooms in large elementary schools dedicated to studying Kim Il-sung[9]
• Research Center for Comrade Kim Il-sung's Revolutionary Thoughts – formerly the Research Center for Workers' Party of Korea History[10]
• Kim Il-sung Library – in Mogadishu, Somalia[11]
• Kim Il-sung Library – in Sofia, Bulgaria[12]

Museums

• South Hamgyong Museum of the Revolutionary Activities of Comrade Kim Il-sung – in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province[13]
• Sinuiju Museum of the Revolutionary Activities of Comrade Kim Il-sung – in Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province[14]
• South Pyongan Museum of the Revolutionary Activities of Comrade Kim Il-sung – in Pyongsong, South Pyongan Province[15]
• Kim Il-sung Revolutionary Museum – in Chongjin[16]
• Chagang Provincial Comrade Kim Il-sung Revolutionary Museum – in Chagang Province[17]
• Museum of President Kim Il-sung's Revolutionary Activities – in Wonsan, Kangwon Province[18]
• Museum of President Kim Il-sung's Revolutionary Activities – in Ryanggang Province[19]

Streets, squares and parks

"Kim Il Sung Lane" in Damascus is one of as many as 450 streets around the world named after the North Korean president.

• Several streets in foreign countries.[20] North Korea claims 450 in 100 countries.[21] There is a "Kim Il-sung Street" or equivalent in:
  • Hamhung, North Korea[22]
  • Maputo, Mozambique[23]
  • Phnom Penh, Cambodia[24]
  • Damascus, Syria[25]
• Kim Il-sung Square, Pyongyang, North Korea[26]
• Kim Il-sung Park in Damascus, Syria. Inaugurated in 2015.[25]

Awards

• Kim Il-sung Award[4]
• Kim Il-sung Medal[4]
• Kim Il-sung Prize[27]
• International Kim Il-sung Prize[28]
• Order of Kim Il-sung[29]
• Kim Il-sung Youth Honor Prize[29]
• Kim Il-sung Children Honor Prize[29]

Other

A plaque dedicated to "Kimilsungism" at the Juche Tower

• Kimilsungia – an orchid presented to Kim Il-sung by Indonesia's leader Sukarno in 1965 and named after Kim when introduced to North Korea in 1977[30]
• Kim Il-sung Stadium – formerly Pyongyang Municipal Stadium[31]
• Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League – named by Kim Jong-il in 1996 after Kim Il-sung's death two years earlier,[32] subsequently renamed Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League[33]
• "Kimilsungism" – The Juche idea was officially named "Kimilsungism" in 1974[34]
• "Song of General Kim Il-sung" – composed by Kim Won-gyun in 1946,[35] its lyrics are carved in stones across the country[36]
• "Kim Il-sung Constitution" – name of the 1998 constitution,[4] that made Kim Il-sung the Eternal President of the country after his death[37]

Named after the Sun

• Day of the Sun – designated in 1997 after a three-year mourning period following the death of Kim Il-sung[30]
• Kumsusan Palace of the Sun[3]

Proposed namings

• "Kim Il-sung City" – proposed name for Pyongyang after Kim Il-sung's death. Another proposal was to name Pyongyang "Kim Jong-il City" and name Seoul "Kim Il-sung City" once reunification would be attained.[38]

See also

• Kim Il-sung bibliography
• Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il badges
• National symbols of North Korea
• List of things named after Fidel Castro

References

1. Portal 2005, p. 90.
2. ""Kim Il Sung's Korea", Special Write-ups to Centenary of His Birth (27)". web.archive.org. KCNA. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
3. Lim 2015, p. 88.
4. Lim 2015, p. 37.
5. "The best North Korean schools named after Kim Il Sung" (PDF). 3 February 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
6. Andrei Lankov (3 November 2008). "(260) Kim Il-sung University". koreatimes. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
7. "13th Supreme People's Assembly election compilation". North Korean Economy Watch. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
8. "August Name of Kim Il Sung" (PDF). Bulletin. krld.pl. 170: 2. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
9. Demick, Barbara (2009). Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea. Random House Publishing Group. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-385-52961-7.
10. Lim 2015, p. 48.
11. Korea Today. Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1979. p. 57. OCLC 749724213.
12. Korean News. Korea News Service. 1995. p. 98. OCLC 29744395.
13. "South Hamgyong Museum of the Revolutionary Activities of Comrade Kim Il Sung, Hamhung". Flickr. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
14. "Sinuiju". Korea Konsult. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
15. "South Pyongan Museum of the Revolutionary Activities of Comrade Kim Il Sung, Pyongsong". Flickr. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
16. Melvin, Curtis (15 May 2013). "North Korea's 'do it yourself' Kim Jong Un idolization campaign". NK News. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
17. "BBC Monitoring Alert - DPRK". WikiLeaks. BBC. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
18. "Kim Jong Il Gives Field Guidance to Different Fields in Wonsan City". KCNA. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
19. "Officials of Trade Unions Start Study Tour of Mt. Paektu Area". KCNA. 10 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
20. Kwon & Chung 2012, p. 140.
21. Suki Kim (2014). Without You, There Is No Us: My secret life teaching the sons of North Korea's elite. Ebury Publishing. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-4735-2765-2. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
22. Charles K. Armstrong (2013). Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950–1992. Cornell University Press. pp. &#91, 1924&#93. ISBN 978-0-8014-6893-3.
23. Paul Moorcraft (2011). Inside the Danger Zones: Travels to Arresting Places. Biteback Publishing. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-84954-280-7. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
24. Kate Mayberry (12 July 2012). "Wrestling with N Korean diplomacy – Al Jazeera Blogs". Al Jazeera Blogs. Retrieved 9 July 2015. Kate Mayberry
25. Elizabeth Whitman (31 August 2015). "Syria Pledges Support For North Korea, Kim Jong Un: Baath Party Praises Pyongyang For Strong Relations Amid 'Terrorism' Threats". International Business Times. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
26. Corfield, Justin (2014). "Kim Il Sung Square". Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang. Anthem Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-78308-341-1. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
27. Michael Breen (2012). Kim Jong-Il, Revised and Updated: Kim Jong-il: North Koreas Dear Leader, Revised and Updated Edition. John Wiley & Sons. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-118-15377-2. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
28. James Hoare (2012). "International Kim Il Sung Prize". Historical Dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Scarecrow Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-8108-6151-0. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
29. Kim Da Seul (22 June 2012). "Kim Il Sung's Image on Medals Changed". Daily NK. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
30. Lim 2015, p. 38.
31. Mark Edward Harris (2007). Inside North Korea. Chronicle Books. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-8118-5751-2. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
32. Ishiyama 2014, p. 145.
33. "What remains when socialism is removed from North Korea?". Daily NK. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
34. "'Juche(Self-Reliance)' Ideology". KBS. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
35. Portal 2005, p. 92.
36. Portal 2005, p. 93.
37. Kwon & Chung 2012, p. 72.
38. Mok Yong Jae (12 February 2012). "Kim Jong Il's Name Set for Widespread Use". Daily NK. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

Works cited

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• Kwon, Heonik; Chung, Byung-Ho (2012). North Korea: Beyond Charismatic Politics. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4422-1577-1. Retrieved 9 July 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Lim, Jae-Cheon (2015). Leader Symbols and Personality Cult in North Korea: The Leader State. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-56741-7. Retrieved 9 July 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Portal, Jane (2005). Art Under Control in North Korea. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-236-2. Retrieved 9 July 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)