Kim family

Kim family (North Korea)
Kim Dynasty
Mount Paektu Bloodline
Kim family (North Korea); Kim Dynasty ; Mount Paektu Bloodline
	Flag of North Korea
	Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un
Current region	North Korea
Place of origin	Mangyongdae, North Korea
Founded	9 September 1948 (74 years ago)
Founder	Kim Il-sung
Current head	Kim Jong-un
Members	Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un
Connected members	Kim Il-sung's wives: Kim Jong-suk ; Kim Song-ae ; Kim Il-sung's sons: Kim Man-il ; Kim Pyong-il ; Kim Yong-il ; Kim Kyong-jin ; Kim Il-sung's daughters: Kim Kyong-hui ; Kim Jong-il's wives: Hong Il-chon ; Ko Yong-hui ; Kim Young-sook; Kim Jong-il's sons: Kim Jong-nam ; Kim Jong-chul ; Kim Jong-il's daughters: Kim Yo-jong ; Kim Sol-song ; Kim Hye-kyung ; Kim Jong-un's family: Ri Sol-ju (wife) ; Kim Ju-ae (daughter) ;
Traditions	Juche
Estate(s)	Residences of North Korean leaders

The Kim family is a three-generation lineage of North Korean leaders. It started from the country's founder and first leader, Kim Il-sung. Koreans call it the Mount Paektu bloodline. The family has ruled North Korea since 1948.

The North Korean government denies that there is a personality cult surrounding the Kim family, describing the people's devotion to the family as a personal manifestation of support for their nation's leadership.^[1] The Kim family has been described as a de facto absolute monarchy^[2]^[3]^[4] or hereditary dictatorship.^[5]

The Kim family has been at the helm of North Korea since its founding. Kim Il-sung, the founding leader, established the regime in 1948. His son, Kim Jong-il, succeeded him, followed by Kim Jong-un, the current leader. The family's rule has been marked by authoritarianism, isolationism, and nuclear ambitions, shaping North Korea's complex history.

References

↑ Jason LaBouyer "When friends become enemies — Understanding left-wing hostility to the DPRK" Lodestar. May/June 2005: pp. 7–9. Korea-DPR.com. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
↑ Young W. Kihl, Hong Nack Kim. North Korea: The Politics of Regime Survival. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 2006. p. 56.
↑ Robert A. Scalapino, Chong-Sik Lee. The Society. University of California Press, 1972. p. 689.
↑ Bong Youn Choy. A history of the Korean reunification movement: its issues and prospects. Research Committee on Korean Reunification, Institute of International Studies, Bradley University, 1984. Pp. 117.
↑ Moghaddam, Fathali M. (2018). "The Shark and the Octopus: Two Revolutionary Styles". In Wagoner, Brady; Moghaddam, Fathali M.; Valsiner, Jaan (eds.). The Psychology of Radical Social Change: From Rage to Revolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-108-38200-7.

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[1] Jason LaBouyer "When friends become enemies — Understanding left-wing hostility to the DPRK" Lodestar. May/June 2005: pp. 7–9. Korea-DPR.com. Retrieved 18 December 2007.

[2] Young W. Kihl, Hong Nack Kim. North Korea: The Politics of Regime Survival. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 2006. p. 56.

[3] Robert A. Scalapino, Chong-Sik Lee. The Society. University of California Press, 1972. p. 689.

[4] Bong Youn Choy. A history of the Korean reunification movement: its issues and prospects. Research Committee on Korean Reunification, Institute of International Studies, Bradley University, 1984. Pp. 117.

[5] Moghaddam, Fathali M. (2018). "The Shark and the Octopus: Two Revolutionary Styles". In Wagoner, Brady; Moghaddam, Fathali M.; Valsiner, Jaan (eds.). The Psychology of Radical Social Change: From Rage to Revolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-108-38200-7.

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