Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- Kim Jong Il also Kim Chong-Il (chŏngˈ ĭlˈ) Born 1942. Korean politician and head of state of North Korea (since 1994).
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The Seoul-based Open Radio for North Korea says the condition worsened last month and blames it on what it calls Kim Jong Il's "excessive smoking and drinking."
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The North's Korean Central News Agency is perpetrating the dictator-as-hero story, reporting that the North Korean people, "young and old, men and women, are calling Kim Jong Il, who gave tireless field guidance, totally dedicated day and night to the happiness of the people."
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In this week's installment of our "Your U.N. at Work" series: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea—aka Kim Jong Il's dungeon—has assumed the presidency of the Conference on Disarmament.
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In a release titled "Kim Jong Il Passes Away Urgent", it noted that he "passed away from great mental and physical strain", passing away at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17.
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To say that Sunbeam's CEO, Ed Ansin, is a maverick would be like calling Kim Jong Il a little eccentric.
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Some thoughts are even more disturbing than the idea of Kim Jong Il's controlling an arse nal of poison gas, germ-war cul tures and nuclear devices.
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I wonder is Dana calls Kim Jong Il the “Dear Leader”, since that what the government if North Korea calls him!
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On Thursday, the North's state media called Kim Jong Il the "eternal leader" - reminiscent of his father's title - and said his body will be displayed at Pyongyang's Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where the embalmed body of Kim Il Sung has been lying since 1995, a year after he died.
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The new name for Kim Jong Il's birthday, "Day of the Shining Star," is another link to Kim Il Sung, whose birthday is called the "Day of the Sun."
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He urged appeasement, calling Kim Jong Il's nuclear detonation "A cry for help."
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