Kim Il-soon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kim Il-soon
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 15, 1912(1912-04-15)
Age	112
Date Of Death	July 8, 1994, Hyangsan, North Korea
Birthplace	Mangyongdae
Country	North Korea
Horoscope	Aries

Kim Il-soon Biography

Kim Il-soon is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on April 15, 1912 in Mangyongdae, North Korea.

Kim’s family is said to have originated from Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. His great-grandfather, Kim Ung-u, settled in Mangyongdae in 1860. Kim is reported to have been born in the small village of Mangyungbong (then called Namni) near Pyongyang on 15 April 1912. An early semi-official biography of Kim Il-sung, which published in 1964 in Japan with North Korean support, reported that Kim was born in his mother’s home in Chingjong, and grew up in Mangyungbong.

Kim Il-sung (/ˈ k ɪ m ˈ ɪ l ˈ s ʌ ŋ , -ˈ s ʊ ŋ / ; Korean: 김일성 , Korean pronunciation: [kimils͈ʌŋ] ; born Kim Sŏng-ju (김성주), 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was the founder and first Supreme Leader of North Korea, which he ruled from the country’s establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of Premier from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to 1994. He was also the leader of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) from 1949 to 1994 (titled as Chairman from 1949 to 1966 and as General Secretary after 1966). Coming to power after the end of Japanese rule in 1945, he authorized the invasion of South Korea in 1950, triggering an intervention in defense of South Korea by the United Nations led by the United States. Following the military stalemate in the Korean War, a ceasefire was signed on 27 July 1953. He was the third longest-serving non-royal head of state/government in the 20th century, in office for more than 45 years.

Kim Il-soon Net Worth

Kim Il-soon is one of the richest Tennis Player from North Korea. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kim Il- soon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

According to Kim, his family was not very poor, but was always a step away from poverty. Kim said that he was raised in a Presbyterian family, that his maternal grandfather was a Protestant minister, that his father had gone to a missionary school and was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and that his parents were very active in the religious community. According to the official version, Kim’s family participated in anti-Japanese activities and in 1920, they fled to Manchuria. Like most Korean families, they resented the Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula, which began on 29 August 1910. Another view seems to be that his family settled in Manchuria, as many Koreans had at the time, to escape famine. Nonetheless, Kim’s parents, especially Kim’s mother Kang Ban Suk, played a role in the anti-Japanese struggle that was sweeping the peninsula. Their exact involvement—whether their cause was missionary, nationalist, or both—is unclear nevertheless. Still, Japanese repression of opposition was brutal, resulting in the arrest and detention of more than 52,000 Korean citizens in 1912 alone. This repression forced many Korean families to flee Korea and settle in Manchuria.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 1935, Kim took the name Kim Il-sung, meaning “Kim become the sun”. Kim was appointed commander of the 6th division in 1937, at the age of 24, controlling a few hundred men in a group that came to be known as “Kim Il-sung’s division”. While commanding this division, he executed a raid on Poch’onbo, on 4 June 1937. Although Kim’s division only captured the small Japanese-held town just within the Korean border for a few hours, it was nonetheless considered a military success at this time, when the guerrilla units had experienced difficulty in capturing any enemy territory. This accomplishment would grant Kim some measure of fame among Chinese guerrillas, and North Korean biographies would later exploit it as a great victory for Korea. For their part, the Japanese regarded Kim as one of the most effective and popular Korean guerrilla leaders. He appeared on Japanese wanted lists as the “Tiger”. The Japanese “Maeda Unit” was sent to hunt him in February 1940. Later in 1940, the Japanese kidnapped a woman named Kim Hye-sun, believed to have been Kim Il Sung’s first wife. After using her as a hostage to try to convince the Korean guerrillas to surrender, she was killed. Kim was appointed commander of the 2nd operational region for the 1st Army, but by the end of 1940 he was the only 1st Army leader still alive. Pursued by Japanese troops, Kim and what remained of his army escaped by crossing the Amur River into the Soviet Union. Kim was sent to a camp at Vyatskoye near Khabarovsk, where the Soviets retrained the Korean communist guerrillas. In August 1942, Kim and his army were assigned to a special unit which belong to the Soviet Red Army. Kim’s immediate superior was Zhou Baozhong. Kim became a Major in the Soviet Red Army and served in it until the end of World War II in 1945.

Facts & Trivia

Ri Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in North Korea. Kim Il-soon celebrates birthday on April 15 of every year.

Kim arrived in the Korean port of Wonsan on 19 September 1945 after 26 years in exile. According to Leonid Vassin, an officer with the Soviet MVD, Kim was essentially “created from zero”. For one, his Korean was marginal at best; he only had eight years of formal education, all of it in Chinese. He needed considerable coaching to read a speech (which the MVD prepared for him) at a Communist Party congress three days after he arrived.