Kim Jong Suk
Kim Jong-suk (September 22, 1917 – December 24, 1949) was Kim Il-sung's first wife and Kim Jong-il's mother.
Kim Jong-Suk was born December 24, 1917 to Kim Chun San and Oh Ssi in Osan-dong, Koeryong County, in the North Hamgyong Province. Kim Jong-Suk grew up in a very revolutionary family. She grew up hating the Japanese imperialists and when she met Kim Il Sung, she devoted herself to the revolution. Kim Jong-Suk joined the Young Communist League of Korea, led by Kim Il Sung, on July 10, 1932. Later, on April 25, 1936, she was assigned to the KPRA main unit directly under the command of Kim Il Sung. She was always one of the very first to defend Kim Il Sung’s revolutionary ideas and never acted against his will. Kim Jong-Suk was formally admitted into the Communist Party on January 25, 1937. Kim Jong-suk gave birth to Kim Jung-Il on February 16, 1942. She put all of her devotion to bringing up her son, Kim Jon-Il, into an ardent revolutionary who would be able to follow his father’s, Kim Il-Sung’s, footsteps. At dawn on September 22, 1949, Kim Jong-Suk passed away. In North Korea, she is known as a heroine of the anti-Japanese revolution and a revolutionary fighter who devoted herself to the country and people. The DPRK (North Korea) government conferred the title of DPRK Hero on her on September 21, 1972.
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