Kim Jong-il or Kim Jong Il (Korean: 김정일, Korean: [kim.dzɔŋ.il];[a] 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was the leader of North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), from the death of his father Kim Il-sung in 1994 until his own death in 2011.
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