Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Chapters: Kim Jong-il, Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-nam, Hwang Jang-yop, Choe Yong-rim, Kim Jong-chul, Pak Hon-yong, Chang Sung-taek, Kim Yong-nam, O Kuk-ryol, Kim Pyong-il, Kim Yong-il, Kang Sok-ju, Pak Pong-ju, Yang Hyong-sop, Pak Nam-gi, Paek Nam-sun, Yon Hyong-muk, Kim Yong-sun, Ri Je-gang, Paek Hak-rim, Kim Sung-ae, Kim Tu-bong, Pak Song-chol, Paek Se-bong, Kim Ki Nam, Li Gun-mo, Kang Song-san, Hong Song-nam, Pak Chang Ok, Paek Se-yun, Li Jong-ok. Excerpt: Kim Jong-il, also written as Kim Jong Il, born 16 February 1941 (Soviet records) or 16 February 1942 (North Korean records), is the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He is the Chairman of the National Defense Commission, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, the ruling party since 1948, and the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, the fourth largest standing army in the world. In April 2009, North Korea's constitution was amended and now implicitly refers to him as the "Supreme Leader". He is also referred to as the "Dear Leader", "our Father", "the General" and "Generalissimo". His son Kim Jong-un was promoted to a senior position in the ruling Worker's Party and is heir apparent. Soviet records show that Kim Jong-il was born in the village of Vyatskoye, near Khabarovsk, in 1941, where his father, Kim Il-sung, commanded the 1st Battalion of the Soviet 88th Brigade, made up of Chinese and Korean exiles. Kim Jong-il's mother, Kim Jong-suk, was Kim Il-sung's first wife. Kim Jong-il's official biography states that he was born in a secret military camp on Baekdu Mountain in Japanese Korea on 16 February 1942. Official biographers claim that his birth at Baekdu Mountain was foretold by a swallow, and heralded by the appearance of a double rainbow over the mountain and a new star in the heavens. In 1945, Kim was three or four years old (depending on his birth year) when World War II ended and Korea regained independence from Japan. His father returned to Pyongyang that September, and in late November Kim returned to Korea via a Soviet ship, landing at Sonbong (¿¿¿, also Unggi). The family moved into a former Japanese officer's mansion in Pyongyang, with a garden and pool. Kim Jong-il's brother, "Shura" Kim (the first Kim Jong-il, but known by his Russian nickname), drowned there in 1948. Unconfirmed reports suggest that 5 year old Kim Jong-il might have caused the accident. In 1949, his mother died in childbirth. Unc