Kim Il Sung

Paper Summary:

President Bush called North Korea a part of the "Axis of Evil." The paper argues that the reason for North Korea's fall from grace is due to Kim Il Sung, the Communist leader who was responsible not only for keeping the two Koreas separate, but helped foment the Korean War and the privation of the North Koreans under a stagnant economy and a strict government which allowed few, if any, freedoms for its subservient people.

From the Paper:

"In trying to create a biography of a world leader, one is supposed to dig to try to find a fairly evenly balanced assessment of the man, his authority, his legacy, and the good and bad he has achieved. There is little or no "good" that one can find in the history of North Korea. Kim has authorized the attempted assassination of South Korean presidents, in one instance, killing the president's wife, in another, in Rangoon, killing a dozen or so South Korean officials (but not the President). Kim had agents infiltrating most Southeast Asian nations, hoping to stir up trouble, especially with South Korea, which he always saw as a lackey to the U.S., and therefore not "Korean" enough. Of course, it was also a way to take the North Korean peoples minds off their own political and economic woes."

More papers on Kim Il Sung:

• Research Paper # 60426 : "North Korea"
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