Song of General Kim Jong Il

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Song of General Kim Jong Il
Chosŏn'gŭl
김정일장군의 노래
Hancha
金正日將軍의 노래
Revised RomanizationGim Jeong-il Janggun ui Norae
McCune–ReischauerKim Chŏng-il Changgun ŭi Norae
Song of General Kim Jong-il
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The "Song of General Kim Jong-il" (Korean: 김정일장군의 노래) is a marching song from North Korea. It was composed by Sol Myong-sun(설명순,1936-2012[1]) and the words were written by Sin Un-ho(신운호,1941-March 24,2020) in 1997.[2][3]

The song praises the "Eternal General Secretary", Kim Jong-il (who ruled from 1994 until 2011) as a part of his cult of personality. During the presidency of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il helped to run his father's own personality cult. Although the "Song of General Kim Jong-il" is not as widely popular as the "Song of General Kim Il-sung" (nor was his cult as large as his father's), it is also played regularly in North Korea.

The song is played by the North Korean state television at the start of broadcasts each day.[4] It was also played after the telecast of Kim Jong-il's memorial service on 29 December 2011. Pyongyang FM Broadcasting also plays a chime version of the first two lines of the song as its interval signal at the start of broadcasts.[citation needed]

According to North Korean sources, their satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2, supposedly launched in a test on 5 April 2009, is broadcasting this song amongst other data.[5]

An English version has been recorded by Ritta Dimek.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "北혁명가요 작곡가 설명순 사망". yonhap news.
  2. ^ "Song of General Kim Jong Il". Naenara. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ^ "北 '김정일장군의 노래' 작사 신운호 사망...김정은 조화보내". tongilnews. 25 March 2020.
  4. ^ "KCTV startup". KCTV. 13 April 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "Defiant N Korea launches rocket". BBC News. 5 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Immortal Revolutionary Paean 'Song of General Kim Jong Il"". Voice of Korea. Arts. Song: "Ode to Comrade Kim Jong Il". Retrieved 8 June 2018.

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