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Kim Hyong-jik

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In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Seonsaeng[1]
Kim Hyong-jik
김형직
Kim in 1921
Born(1894-07-10)10 July 1894
Mangyongdae, Joseon
Died5 June 1926(1926-06-05) (aged 31)
Jilin Province, Republic of China
SpouseKang Pan Sok
ChildrenKim Il Sung
Kim Chol-ju
Kim Yong-ju
Parent(s)Kim Pohyŏn
Lee Bo-ik
RelativesKim family
Kim Hyong-jik
Chosŏn'gŭl
김형직
Hancha
金亨稷
Revised RomanizationGim Hyeongjik
McCune–ReischauerKim Hyŏngjik

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

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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 Pohyŏn (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][7]

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".[8] 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

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References

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  1. ^ 김형직선생의 지원의 사상은 영원히 빛날것이라고 나이제리아단체 강조. Uriminzokkiri. 28 March 2016. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Gourevitch, Philip (8 September 2003). "Alone in the dark". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Kim Il Sung killer file". Moreorless : Heroes and killers of the 20th century. Archived from the original on 5 December 2005.
  6. ^ Lankov, Andrei (17 August 2011). "Kim Il-sung: disastrous founder of communist N. Korea". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  7. ^ Ch'oe, Yŏng-ho (1986). "Christian Background in the Early Life of Kim Il-Song". Asian Survey. 26 (10): 1082–1091. doi:10.2307/2644258. ISSN 0004-4687.
  8. ^ Kim Jong Il: Short Biography (PDF). Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. p. 2. OCLC 79301411.

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