Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the Workers' Party of Korea's Sixth Congress in October 1980 -- Daily LIFT #2113

Kim Il Sung at the historic Kalun Meeting in Jiajiatun, China, a conference of young Korean communists, from June 30 to July 3, 1930 -- Daily LIFT #2010

Kim Il Sung forming the Down-with-Imperialism Union (DIU), October 17, 1926. The Down‑with‑Imperialism Union (DIU) was founded on October 17, 1926 in Huadian County, China, and is regarded in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as the origin of the Workers’ Party of Korea. The DIU, founded by Kim Il Sung, aimed first to defeat Japanese imperialism and secure Korea’s liberation and independence. Its ultimate goal was to establish socialism and communism in Korea, and eve

All images via the KCNA The 81st anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was celebrated across the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) with events on both October 9 and 10 that included a women's hockey match, floral tributes being laid at the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, an evening gala of youth and students and a performance at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium attended by Kim Jong Un. An ice hockey game between the Taesongsan women's team and

Image via the KCNA On September 30, Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK), delivered a speech titled "Respects to the Glorious 80-Year History of Kim Il Sung University," on the occasion of the 80th founding anniversary of the institution. Kim Il Sung University, widely recognized as the most prestigious educational institution in the DPRK, embodies the gover

Khrushchev bids farewell to Kim Il Sung at the Moscow airport after a visit to the USSR in July, 1961 -- Daily LIFT #2068 During the visit the USSR and DPRK signed a ten-year mutual defense and aid treaty.

Deng Xiaoping and Kim Il Sung in the DPRK, September, 1978 -- Daily LIFT #2066

Kim Il Sung visits the Namsan Commercial Shop in Nampo, a cultural and trade port city on the west coast of the DPRK and a west gateway to Pyongyang, 1980 -- Daily LIFT #2064

Kim Il Sung attending a New Year celebration by schoolchildren in Pyongyang, January 1967 -- Daily LIFT #2017 The great Korean revolutionary leader died on July 8, 1994

Kim Il Sung delivers a radio address titled, Go All Out for Victory in the War, to the entire Korean people, June 1950 -- Daily LIFT #1997

Kim Il Sung makes a report to the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (August 1953) -- Daily LIFT #1994

Zhou Enlai and Kim Il Sung at a banquet in Pyongyang, April 5, 1970 -- Daily LIFT #1965

Zhou Enlai and Kim Il Sung in conversation at a Pyongyang diplomatic guest house, April 1970 -- Daily LIFT #1958

Kim Il Sung greets Zhou Enlai at Pyongyang Airport, April 1972 -- Daily LIFT #1956

Kim Il Sung Monument in Pyongyang -- Roman Harak, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Jason Cohen, Friends of Swazi Freedom April 15th marked a glorious day in the history of the Korean nation’s struggle for national liberation and socialist construction and for the worldwide revolutionary movement writ large. On April 15, 1912 the future Great Leader and emancipator of the Korean nation, Kim Il Sung was born. We send warm greetings and militant solidarity to the Korean wo

To Lam and Kim Jong Un -- image via X Various Sources Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary To Lam arrived in Pyongyang in the...

Kim Il Sung and Erich Honecker entered the Great Hall of the Palace of the Republic to thunderous applause from the rally participants,...

Oil painting "Torchlight of Pochonbo", Jung Kwan Chul, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), c.1960 -- Daily LIFT #1687 From the...

Kim Il Sung, portrait 1951 Daily LIFT# 1678

Mao greets Kim Il-Sung in Beijing, September 1964 -- Daily LIFT #1645