A History of the North Korean Cult of Personality and the Kim Dynasty
The Mansudae Grand Monument in Pyongyang in 2014 depicting Kim Il-sung (left) and Kim Jong-il (right), with visitors paying homage[1] / Photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, Wikimedia Commons The pervasiveness and extreme nature of North Korea’s personality cult surpasses that of even Joseph Stalin or Mao Zedong. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction The North Korean cult o...