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Kim Il Sung Birthdate
Kim Il Sung was born in a small town near Pyongyang, Korea. -
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Kim Il Sung's Early Life
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Kim's Family moved to China
Kim and his family fled to China. This is where he attended school. They moved here due to the Japanese annexing Korea in 1910. -
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Kim Il Sung Expelled From School
In 1929, he was expelled from school and put in jail for fighting against Japanese expansion into China. -
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Joined Underground Communist Youth League
At this time, Kim Il Sung was 19. -
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Leading Korean Guerillas
By 1932, Kim was leading Korean Guerillas on raids against the Japanese in northern Korea. -
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Kim Goes to the Soviet Union
In 1941 Kim (and his followers) went to the Soviet Union.