Picked by Stalin to lead North Korea, Kim, a guerilla fighter against the Japanese in Manchuria during World War II, became chairman of the North Korean Provisional People's Committee.
1950
In an effort to reunify the two Koreas, Kim launched a surprise attack on the South with the help of the Soviet Union and, later, of Mao's 1 million "volunteers."
1953
An armistice brought a halt to the Korean War; Kim declared a victory and restructured the Communist Party to shore up his political base.
1960s
Caught in the middle of the growing Sino-Soviet rift, Kim began to separate himself from his patrons and to project himself as the leader of the non-aligned nations, including Indonesia; North Korea's economy started its slow decline.
1958
While patrolling the Sea of Japan, North Korean sailors seized an American intelligence vessel, the USS Pueblo, and held its crew -- including naval Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher -- for 11 months.
1972
A new Constitution completed Kim's move to one-man rule, and a cult of personality took root; two years later, he secretly named his son, Kim Jong II, as his heir.
1983
Terrorists failed to assassinate the South Korean president while he visited Burma but killed 17 government officials.
1987
North Korean agent "Mayumi" was charged with planting bombs that destroyed a Korean Air Lines jet and killed all 115 passengers and crew aboard.
1993 Kim barred inspectors from visiting two suspected plutonium sites and threatened to withdraw from the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, sparking a 15-month showdown with the West.
1994 As the nuclear crisis escalated, Washington threatened sanctions, then offered high-level talks, thanks to mediation by Jimmy Carter; Kim dies of a heart attack.
2018...
Another reason to thank God for dropping the bomb on Japan. It was likely that Japan would have been divided, like Korea, had we not dropped it.
Hey Kim, if you want to investigate Russian meddling....have we got a special counsel for YOU! Let us know and we’ll ship the ba$tard over to ya.
If this were read aloud, it would be with a tone of admiration, even reverence. Newsweek wants it some dictator, and bad.
Whoa! Let's not give Jimmy Carter credit for killing Daddy Dearest!
North Korea was known as "The Jerusalem of the East" by American missionaries (including Billy Graham's family!) who built churches, schools, and hospitals.
Jerusalem of the East: The American Christians of Pyongyang, 1895-1942
https://providencemag.com/2016/07/jerusalem-east-american-christians-pyongyang/
What happened at that time? Oh Yeah, the Soviet Union collapsed, and ceased to exist.
Newsweek published this story under the headline of "Headless Beast: NORTH KOREA AFTER KIM on July 18, 1994 after Kim Il Sung, then dictator of North Korea, died. In light of recent news involving North Korea and their threats against the US, ...
Newsweek is republishing the story. With the misleading headline: North Korea: How Kim Jong Un's Family Was Picked by Russia To Lead and Threaten America so Newsweak can conflate Soviet training of WWII Communists with the 2017 Russian Federation.
Nice try ...