List of things named after Kim Il Sung

Kimilsungia is the namesake flower of 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; Hancha : 日成) can mean "the Sun", many things named after him are actually called this way. ^[3]

List

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Education and research

• Kim Il Sung College for Physics (김일성고등물리학교) ^[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  [ ko ] ^[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 (김일성동지혁명사상연구실) – 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]
• I.P.U. Kim Il Sung in Havana, Cuba ^[13]

Museums

• South Hamgyong Museum of the Revolutionary Activities of Comrade Kim Il Sung (함경남도김일성동지혁명사적관) – in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province ^[14]
• Sinuiju Museum of the Revolutionary Activities of Comrade Kim Il Sung – in Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province ^[15]
• South Pyongan Museum of the Revolutionary Activities of Comrade Kim Il Sung – in Pyongsong, South Pyongan Province ^[16]
• Kim Il Sung Revolutionary Museum – in Chongjin ^[17]
• Chagang Provincial Comrade Kim Il Sung Revolutionary Museum – in Chagang Province ^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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 Square in the centre of Pyongyang

"Kim Il Sung Lane" in Damascus is one of as many as 450 streets around the world named after the North Korean president (according to claims by North Korea).

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

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

• "Song of General Kim Il Sung" – composed by Kim Won-gyun in 1946, ^[30] its lyrics are carved in stones across the country ^[31]
• Kim Il Sung Stadium – formerly Pyongyang Municipal Stadium ^[32]
• "Kimilsungism" – guiding ideology of the country, containing the Juche idea, officially reorganised as "Kimilsungism" in 1974 ^[33]
• 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 ^[34]
• Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League – named by Kim Jong Il in 1996 after Kim Il-sung's death two years earlier, ^[35] subsequently renamed Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League in 2016, ^[36] then the Socialist Patriotic Youth League in 2021 ^[37]
• "Kim Il Sung Constitution" – name of the 1998 constitution, ^[4] that made Kim Il Sung the Eternal President of the country after his death ^[38]
• "Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism" - guiding ideology of the party since 2012, named after Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il ^[39]
• "Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong ll Constitution" - name of the current constitution introduced in 2012, made Kim Jong Il Eternal Chairman of the National Defence Commission after his death ^[40]

Named after the Sun

• Day of the Sun – designated in 1997 after a three-year mourning period following the death of Kim Il Sung ^[34]
• Kumsusan Palace of the Sun - mausoleum where Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il lie in state ^[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. ^[41]

See also

• North Korea portal
• Society portal

• Kim Il Sung bibliography
• Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il badges
• National symbols of North Korea
• List of things named after Fidel Castro
• Awards and decorations received by Kim Il Sung

References

1. Portal 2005, p. 90.
2. ""Kim Il Sung's Korea", Special Write-ups to Centenary of His Birth (27)". 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". The Korea Times . 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. 170. krld.pl: 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. "High School in Cuba Named Kim Il Sung High School". www.kcna.co.jp. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
14. "South Hamgyong Museum of the Revolutionary Activities of Comrade Kim Il Sung, Hamhung". Flickr. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
15. "Sinuiju". Korea Konsult. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
16. "South Pyongan Museum of the Revolutionary Activities of Comrade Kim Il Sung, Pyongsong". Flickr. 10 February 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
17. Melvin, Curtis (15 May 2013). "North Korea's 'do it yourself' Kim Jong Un idolization campaign". NK News . Retrieved 18 March 2016.
18. "Kim Jong Il Gives Field Guidance to Different Fields in Wonsan City". Korean Central News Agency. 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". Korean Central News Agency. 10 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
20. 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.
21. Kwon & Chung 2012, p. 140.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. Kate Mayberry (12 July 2012). "Wrestling with N Korean diplomacy – Al Jazeera Blogs". Al Jazeera Blogs. Retrieved 9 July 2015. Kate Mayberry
26. 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.
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. Portal 2005, p. 92.
31. Portal 2005, p. 93.
32. Mark Edward Harris (2007). Inside North Korea. Chronicle Books. p. 33. ISBN   978-0-8118-5751-2 . Retrieved 9 July 2015.
33. "'Juche(Self-Reliance)' Ideology". Korean Broadcasting System . Retrieved 8 February 2021.
34. Lim 2015, p. 38.
35. Ishiyama 2014, p. 145.
36. "What remains when socialism is removed from North Korea?". Daily NK . 1 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
37. "Rodong Sinmun". rodong.rep.kp. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
38. Kwon & Chung 2012, p. 72.
39. Rüdiger 2013, p. 45.
40. "PREAMBLE". Naenara . Retrieved 1 August 2019.
41. Mok Yong Jae (12 February 2012). "Kim Jong Il's Name Set for Widespread Use". Daily NK . Retrieved 9 July 2015.

Works cited

• Ishiyama, John (2014). "Assessing the leadership transition in North Korea: Using network analysis of field inspections, 1997–2012". Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 47 (2): 137–146. doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2014.04.003.
• Kwon, Heonik; Chung, Byung-Ho (2012). North Korea: Beyond Charismatic Politics. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN   978-1-4422-1577-1 . Retrieved 9 July 2015.
• 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.
• Portal, Jane (2005). Art Under Control in North Korea. Reaktion Books. ISBN   978-1-86189-236-2 . Retrieved 9 July 2015.
• Rüdiger, Frank (2013). North Korea in 2012: Domestic Politics, the Economy and Social Issues. Brill Publishers. pp. 41–72. ISBN   9789004262973. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015.