Dead Father’s Living Body
Dead Father’s Living Body

Kim Il-sung’s Seed Theory and North Korean Arts

Author(s): Suk-Young Kim
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Literary Texts, Sociology
Published by: Central European University Press
Keywords: Kim Il-sung; Poetry
Summary/Abstract: Kim Il-sung (1912–1994), the founding father of North Korea, lies motionlessly in his crystal coffin in Geumsusan Memorial Palace, a solemn mausoleum made of white marble centrally located in Pyongyang. The expressionless look on his embalmed face captures a sense of immovable eternity, enshrined in the living memory of his children—his biological son Kim Jong-il and countless adopted children, namely the people of North Korea.

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