North Korean Leader Marks 67 Years
2009-02-19
Kim Jong Il’s rise to power is documented in pictures, beginning with his birth in 1942 and ending with his reported stroke and apparent recovery last year.
Written by Dan Southerland, Edited by Sarah Jackson-Han
(Sources: AFP, Reuters, The Guardian, RFA commentator and historian Dr. Andrei Lankov, and Kim Jong-il: North Korea's Dear Leader by Michael Breen.)
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