Kim Hyong-jik
Father of Kim Il Sung (1894–1926)
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김형직 Kim in 1921 |
Born | (1894-07-10)10 July 1894
Mangyongdae, Joseon |
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Died | 5 June 1926(1926-06-05) (aged 31)
Jilin Province, Republic of China |
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Spouse | Kang Pan-sok |
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Children | Kim Il Sung Kim Chol-ju Kim Yong-ju |
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Parent(s) | Kim Bo-hyon Lee Bo-ik |
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Relatives | Kim family |
Kim Hyong Jik (Korean: 김형직; 10 July 1894 – 5 June 1926) was a Korean independence activist during Japanese rule. He was the father of the North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, the paternal grandfather of Kim Jong Il, and a great-grandfather of the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un.
Biography
Little is known about Kim. Born on 10 July 1894,[2][unreliable source?] in the small village of Mangyongdae, situated atop a peak called Mangyungbong (만경봉(萬景峰),"All-Seeing Peak") just 12 kilometers downstream on the Taedong River from Pyongyang, Kim was the son of Kim Bo-hyon (金輔鉉, 1871–1955).[3][4] Kim attended Sungshil School (평양숭실학교), which was run by American missionaries, and became a teacher at the Sunhwa school (순화학교) in Mangyongdae in 1913 and the Christian Myongsin school (명신학교) in Ponghwa-ri, Kangdong County in 1916 and later worked as a herbal pharmacist. According to the North Korean official sources, he died as a result of numerous medical problems, including third-degree frostbite.
Kim and his wife attended Christian churches,[5] and Kim even served as a part-time Protestant missionary.[6] It was reported that his son, Kim Il Sung, attended church services during his teenage years before becoming an atheist later in life.[5]
Kim Il Sung often spoke of his father's idea of chiwŏn (지원(志遠), righteous aspirations).
Kim Jong Il's official government biography states that his grandfather was "the leader of the anti-Japanese national liberation movement and was a pioneer in shifting the direction from the nationalist movement to the communist movement in Korea".[7] Kim Hyong Jik is claimed by North Korea to have convened an important meeting of independence activists in November, 1921 memorialized at the Sansong Revolutionary Site.
Family
- Father: Kim Bo-hyon (김보현; 3 October 1871 – 2 September 1955)
- Paternal grandfather: Kim Ung U (김응우; 17 June 1848 – 4 October 1878)
- Paternal grandmother: Lady Li (이씨)
- Mother: Li Bo-Ik (이보익; 31 May 1876 – 18 October 1959)
- Two brothers
- Kim Hyong Rok (김형록)
- Kim Hyong-gwon (김형권; 4 November 1905 – 12 January 1936)
- Three sisters
- Kim Gu Il (김구일녀)
- Kim Hyong Sil (김형실)
- Kim Hyong Bok (김형복)
- Wife: Kang Pan Suk
- First son: Kim Il Sung (김일성; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994)
- Second son: Kim Chol-ju [ko] (김철주; 12 June 1916 – 14 June 1935)
- Third son: Kim Yong Ju (김영주; 1920–2021)
Select[α] family tree of North Korea's ruling Kim family[β][γ][δ][ε] |
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Notes: - ^ To keep the tree of manageable size, it omits five out of the seven known legitimate children of Kim Il Sung. Other children not shown in the tree are: Kim Man-il (1944-1947; child of Kim Jong Suk), Kim Kyong-jin (1952-; child of Kim Song-ae), Kim Yong-il (1955-2000; child of Kim Song-ae), and Kim Kyong Suk (1951-; child of Kim Song-ae). A stillborn daughter is also omitted. Kim Il Sung was reported to have had other children with women who he was not married to; they included Kim Hyŏn-nam (born 1972). Also, only some of the descendants of Kim Jong Il and Kim Jung Un (Kim Il Sung's successors) are included.
- ^ Korean names often have a variety of transliterations into English, which can be confusing. For example, "Kim Jong-chul" may also be written "Gim Jeong-cheol" or "Kim Jŏng-ch'ŏl" among many other variations. See Korean romanization for more information.
- ^ Huss, Kan; Frost, Clay. "North Korea's First Family: Mapping the personal and political drama of the Kim clan". msnbc.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013. (Confirms many, but not all, of the birth and death years. See individual articles for more references.)
- ^ Yan, Holly (16 February 2017). "The world's most mysterious family tree: Kim Jong Un's secretive dynasty is full of drama, death". Design by Alberto Mier. CNN. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Lee, Sung-Yoon (2023). "The Mount Paektu Dynasty (Family Tree)". The Sister: The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong, the most powerful woman in North Korea. United Kingdom: Macmillan. p. x-xi. ISBN 9781529073539.
- ^ Official North Korean biographies of Kim Jong Il list his birth year as 1942. The Korean calendar is based upon the Chinese zodiac which is believed to characterize one's personality. The year 1942 (Year of the Horse), in addition to being 30 years since Kim Il Sung's birth may be viewed as a better year than others, thus creating a motive to lie about a birth year.
- ^ Official North Korean biographies of Kim Jong Un list his birth year as 1982. The Korean calendar is based upon the Chinese zodiac which is believed to characterize one's personality. The year 1982 (Year of the Dog), in addition to being 70 years since Kim Il Sung's birth, may be viewed as a better year than others, thus creating a motive to lie about a birth year.
- ^ Birth year for Kim Ju-ae is not publicly known. She may have been born in either late 2012 or early 2013.
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References
- North Korea portal
- Biography portal
- ^ "김형직선생의 지원의 사상은 영원히 빛날것이라고 나이제리아단체 강조". Uriminzokkiri. 28 March 2016. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ Baik Bong, Kim Il Sung, Volume I: From Birth to the Triumphant Return to the Homeland (Dar al-Talia Publishers: Beirut Lebanon, 1973) p. 19.
- ^ Hyung-chan Kim (2003). "Kim Jong Il's North Korea and Its Survivability". Korea and World Affairs. 27. Korea: Pʻyŏnghwa Tʻongil Yŏnʼguso: 251. ISSN 0251-3072. OCLC 3860590.
One also has to accept the existence of Kim Bo-hyeon (1871–1955), Kim Il-sung's grandfather, who participated in anti-Japanese activities.
- ^ Gourevitch, Philip (8 September 2003). "Alone in the dark". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Kim Il Sung killer file". Moreorless : Heroes and killers of the 20th century. Archived from the original on 5 December 2005.
- ^ Lankov, Andrei (17 August 2011). "Kim Il-sung: disastrous founder of communist N. Korea". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ Kim Jong Il: Short Biography (PDF). Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. p. 2. OCLC 79301411.
Further reading
- April 15th Writing Staff, Central Committee of Korean Writers' Union. Dawn of a New Age: A Novel. Vol. 1. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 154676863.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - The Party History Institute of the C. C. Of the Workers' Party of Korea (1973). Kim Hyong Jik: Indomitable Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Fighter. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 252037406.
- Ponghwa Revolutionary Site. The Korean Preparatory Committee for the 13th WFTYS. 1988. KPEA 2JB070.
Kim family of North Korea |
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Great Grandparents | - Kim-Kim (North Korea) (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather)
- Kim Gusta-Io I (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather)
- Kim Ugu-io (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great Grandfather)
- Sal Sol-jan (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great Grandmother)
- Song-ryong Kim (Kim Il Sung's Great Great Grandfather)
- Hyon-jik Na (Kim Il Sung's Great Great Grandmother)
- Kim Ung-u (Kim Il Sung's Great grandfather)
- Lady Lee (North Korea) (Kim Il Sung's Great Grandmother)
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Great Grand Relatives | - Kim Gusta-io II (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great Uncle)
- Rak Ja-sel (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great-Aunt)
- Kim Gus-tal (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great Cousin)
- Kim Ul-ae (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great Nephew)
- Jong-su Kim (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great Uncle)
- In-sok Kim (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great Uncle)
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Pre-Il Sung | - Lee Bo-ik (Kim Il Sung's grandmother)
- Kim Bo-hyon (Kim Il Sung's grandfather)
- Kim Hyong-jik (Kim Il Sung's father)
- Kang Pan-sok (Kim Il Sung's mother)
- Kim Hyong-jik (Kim Il Sung's Uncle)
- Kim Hyong-rok (Kim Il Sung's Uncle)
- Kim Hyong-gwon (Kim Il Sung's Uncle)
- Kim Gu-il (Kim Il Sung's Uncle)
- Kim Hyong-sil (Kim Il Sung's Uncle)
- Kim Hyong-bok (Kim Il Sung's Uncle)
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