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Kimjongunism: Kim Jong-Un Orders North Koreans to ‘Worship Him’
- Kim Jong-un is pushing out his own ideology so members of the public worship him over predecessors
- Kim Jong-un has been accused of defying the typical humility of a North Korean leader
Ekohotblog reports that Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s supreme leader, wishes to be worshipped with his own ideology.
To break free from the shadow cast by his predecessors, the dictator is promoting ‘Kimjongunism,’ which hails him as a ‘Great Leader.’
Portraits of his father and grandfather have been removed from Pyongyang’s capital city in order to portray Kim John-un as unrivaled in his position of power.
Kim Il-sung, the 37-year-grandfather, old’s founded the country in 1948 and went on to become the twentieth century’s third longest-serving political leader.
According to South Korea’s spy agency though, Kim hopes his image and reputation can surpass that of the original Premier and his dad, Kim Jong-il who followed.
Reports claim the term “Kimjongunism” is being promoted in government circles and state media is calling Kim “Great Leader”, which has previously only been used in reference to Kim Il-sung.
Fyodor Tertitskiy from Kookmin University in Seoul, told NK News: “The signal cannot be clearer.
“Kim Jong-un does not like certain aspects of the system that his father and grandfather have forged — specifically the one tying the successor’s legitimacy to his deference to his predecessors. The current leader wants to be his own autocrat.”
North Korean media is yet to use the term “Kimjongunism” but The National Intelligence Service reported its behind-closed-doors promotion to MPs in Seoul last week.
“Kimilsungism” described the ideology of Kim’s grandfather towards the end of his reign in the 1970s and was followed by “Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism”, Mail Online reports.
Kim Il-sung banned the communist works of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin to create his own legacy but it is considered different from his grandson’s recent developments.
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