Kim il sung condensed biography for kids

Kim Il-sung (&#;&#;&#; ; &#;&#;&#;) (April 15, - July 8, ) was the autocratic Communist ruler of North Korea from until his death. To this day, even after his death the North Korean government continues to recognize him as the nation's "eternal" president.

He was born Kim Song-ju (&#;&#;&#;; &#;&#;&#;) in Pyongi (&#;&#; ; &#;&#;?) or Mangyongdae (___ ; &#;&#;&#;) near Pyongyang, Korea

After following his father to Jilin, China in , he studied at Fusong Number One Elementary School (&#;&#;&#;&#;&#;&#;) for a year, then spent four years in Yuwen Middle School (&#;&#;&#;&#;).

It is during this period that he organized an anti-imperalist society.

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He was a founding member of the Young Communist League of Korea in In , he founded the Korean RevolutionaryArmy, a guerrilla group that fought the Japanese. In , Kim left to join a Chinese Communist guerrilla group fighting in Manchuria. It was during this time that he assumed the pseudonym Kim Il Sung. In , forced to le Kim Il-Sung facts for kids - Kids encyclopedia TYZ