President Kim Il Sung was the founder of socialist Korea and a peerlessly great saint who added luster to the 20th century as the one of independence and set a worldwide example in the revolution and construction with extraordinary wisdom and distinguished leadership ability and noble virtue.
With his immortal revolutionary exploits performed for the times and history and his character as a peerlessly great man, he enjoyed the matchlessly supreme authority and admiration as the Sun of humankind.
Attracted by President Kim Il Sung, the greatest man, hundreds of millions of world people presented him many designations in the whole period of his revolutionary life transcending their ideas and systems, political views and religious beliefs.
Ever-increasing number of honorary designations admiring the great man clearly proves that President Kim Il Sung, the peerlessly great man of humankind, is alive for ever as the Sun in the hears of all people and his history will go on through generations.
Chairman Kim Jong Il said:
“Comrade Kim Il Sung was the great leader whom our people held in high esteem for the first time in their history of thousands of years, and the sun of humankind who was looked up to by the whole world.”
Birth of President Kim Il Sung was the greatest auspicious event and the best luck that humankind greeted the Sun of destiny, the centries-long desire.
At the first period when he embarked on the road of revolution the Korean people said Korea had a general star, a morning star, and composed and sang a revolutionary song “Star of Korea”.
Kim Il Sung, the august name of the sacred Sun is the highest of designations which the Koran people presented to him, admiring as the Sun of the nation the peerlessly great man whom they upheld for the first time in their history of the nation spanning over 5 000 years.
Many honorary designations were produced through ages and centuries by ardent admiration of the world people who looked up to the President as the Sun.
“Kim Il Sung Encyclopedia” which recorded many designations for President Kim Il Sung including the “representative of the 20th century”, the “distinguished leader of humankind” and the “great thinker” is cream of reverence for the Sun.
“Kim Il Sung Encyclopedia”, the first biographical dictionary of a great man in the world publication history, is a monumental book compiled and issued by lots of prominent figures and scholars in different countries.
A prestigious high-rank figure of the European political circle read it and wrote as follows in the letter sent to the compilation committee.
… President Kim Il Sung founded the Juche idea and gave his people the spiritual mainstay with his noble virtue. He is indeed the God of all people. I don’t believe in God, but I think President Kim Il Sung is the Sun of humanity that descended from the heaven. …
The world people presented the greatest august designations to President Kim Il Sung who founded the immortal Juche idea and conducted the outstanding ideological and theoretical activities, thus giving them a beacon of hope.
They selected the highest designations among those created by humankind to highly admire President Kim Il Sung as the “founder of the idea of humankind”, the “man who gives the everlasting life-saving water of Juche”, the “gifted thinker and theoretician”, the “outstanding philosopher”, the “Sun that illuminates the future of humankind” and so on.
The first Mozambican president said as follows in the dais of the conference in which he declared the historic event of having put an end to the 200-odd-year-long colonial rule of the imperialists and achieved the full sovereignty.
… As Comrade Kim Il Sung, the great hero illuminated the road ahead of us, we broke off the chain which had bound us and our ancestors, and liberated the country free from the destiny of being slavery. …
The Zambian president who visited the DPRK to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung recited the poem written by himself “To Comrade Kim Il Sung who loves humankind” in front of him, highly praising him as the “standard-bearer of the oppressed people”.
Head of the state of India said that the world people shouted unanimously “Long live President Kim Il Sung!” because they wanted the Sun of Juche translating the ideal of humankind into reality to shine over the world for ever. The members of the delegation of MP of the state assembly of Australia praised the President as the “genius of humankind for all the people to uphold”.
Such designations as the “genius of ideology born by the 20th century”, the “great teacher” and the “bright Sun of the world oppressed people” is a spurt of the boundless trust of humankind for the Sun of Juche who gave the everlasting ideological and theoretical treasure.
The world people upheld President Kim Il Sung who led the independent cause of the popular masses to victory with his seasoned leadership of spanning over 70 years as the most distinguished leader in the era, the world veteran statesman.
The revolutionary leadership of President Kim Il Sung who defeated two strong imperialisms in one generation and made a big contribution to the cause of anti-imperialist national liberation and the world revolution moved humankind with admiration.
In 1949 Stalin, the then leader of the USSR party and people, highly praised President Kim Il Sung by saying that he was the true proletarian internationalist and the paragon of the communist movement who defended the USSR in the East at the cost of blood and with arms from the imperialist aggression.
In April, 1975 when President Kim Il Sung visited China, president Mao Ze-dong looked forward to meeting him though he was seriously ill. Meeting Kim Il Sung, he said earnestly that he deemed it as the utmost happiness to have the great man of the world like Kim Il Sung as his closest comrade-in-arms.
Zhou Enlai also admired President Kim Il Sung as the “outstanding brilliant commander who leads the anti-imperialist, anti-US struggle to victory”.
Many heads of parties, states and governments from different countries praised President Kim Il Sung as the “great military strategist”, the “illustrious brilliant commander” and the “symbol of victory in the anti-imperialist struggle” and presented gifts to him with their greatest respect.
The former Czechoslovakian president said that Comrade Kim Il Sung was a brilliant commander and the genius of the revolution in the present era who shattered the myth of mightiness of US imperialism when he presented gifts to him.
In 1991 when the Malaysian premier prepared a silver dagger on the highest level in order to present to President Kim Il Sung, he said as follows.
… It is the biggest glory and obligation for the Malaysian people to present this silver dagger to President Kim Il Sung, the hero of heroes and ever-victorious iron-willed brilliant commander who opened up a new era of anti-imperialist struggle and defeated heinous Japanese and US imperialism for the peace and security of Asia, and happiness and future of the world people. …
Voices of the world people who admired President Kim Il Sung who raised the 20th century on the orbit of independence as the “greatest man standing on the centre of the world politics”, the “distinguished leader of the world revolution” and the “great fighter of the freedom-loving people” echoed endlessly in all years of the century.
When he visited the DPRK at the age of 85, the former Yugoslavian president, one of the founders of the non-aligned movement, called President Kim Il Sung the great leader who played a big role in the non-aligned movement and the world revolution. This shows well that Kim Il Sung’s international authority was very high.
History recorded many designations presented to President Kim Il Sung who created a brilliant example of the building of people-centred socialism without a single mistake in mapping out lines even under the fluctuation of the complicated international politics.
Such designations as the “genius of the revolution and construction who created the worldwide example”, the “prodigy of construction and strategy”, the “genius of leadership over masses”, the “peerlessly great hero who is possessed of wisdom befitting a brilliant commander and extraordinary military art”, the “beacon of world socialism”, the “great man of the world with outstanding art of leadership”, the “lodestar of human liberation” and the “almighty leader” are some of them.
One high-rank figure in Europe admired and said.
… Only the DPRK has not only a hammer and sickle but also a writing brush symbolizing intellectuals in the Party's emblem. This can be done only by the peerlessly great man.
The former president of Huacho University of Peru praised President Kim Il Sung as the “genius of practice and leadership”. The world famous woman writer from Germany exalted President Kim Il Sung as the “sacred man in the 20th century”. These are typical examples that show the boundless admiration of the international community for him.
Such designations as the “supreme commander of humankind”, the “inspirer of peace and friendship”, the “defender of justice”, the “great man who takes the lead of the world revolution” and the “people’s leader recognized by the world people” reflect reverence of humankind for President Kim Il Sung, a great master of leadership who guides the era of independence.
Fascinated by the President’s traits as the great Sun, the world people presented many designations with the warmest sincerity for him.
… Comrade Kim Il Sung, you are an all-round and peerlessly great man. I have met many great men so far, but this is the first time that I have seen a great all-round man like you. …
This is by the general-secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in December, 1966 when he had a talk with the President. He was surprised at the President who talked widely and smoothly about the matters in every field without a note for several hours.
Fidel Castro, the leader of the Cuban revolution highly praised the President as the genius and the most seasoned and authorized man of the world leaders, regarding President Kim Il Sung as his revolutionary senior.
Moved by President Kim Il Sung’s idea of “believing in the people as in heaven” and his virtue, Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese president said that President Kim Il Sung was the best statesman for the people. Great King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia also said that President Kim Il Sung was the greatest man who kept the friendly relationship with him.
One Mongolian figure who had worked as the ambassador to the DPRK during the Korean War said with sincerity that affection of Comrade Kim Il Sung was as warm as the sunlight in the sky and he was the Sun of all people who was possessed of noble virtue and personality.
An ordinary journalist of Guinea who came to life in the bosom of the Sun highly praised that President Kim Il Sung was the boundlessly great and benevolent father of all people before a head of the state. The voices of admiration for the great man resounded from the bottom of the people’s hearts.
Great Personality of President Kim Il Sung gave birth to many designations including the “great man sent by heaven”, the “incarnation of love for the nation”, the “benefactor of life”, the “supreme incarnation of the ardent love for human”, the “man of high virtue”, the “paragon of the internationalists” and the “pillar of the world people’s minds”.
The former vice-premier of Japan, the previous premier of Austria who was known as the politician with bitter tongue, and other high-level political figures expressed frankly that President Kim Il Sung was the “man whom we want to express great respect” and the “open-hearted and benevolent leader whom I have seen for the first time in the history of political activities”.
The human history recorded the designations made by the people in every part of the world after the sudden demise of President Kim Il Sung. It showed how great he was.
The former Portuguese president admired President Kim Il Sung as the “true defender of the world peace and the human destiny” and expressed his sorrowful feelings as follows.
… President Kim Il Sung is the only distinguished great man who master every field such as ideology, politics, economy, culture and military in the protracted history of humankind.
The earth was lightened by the demise of Kim Il Sung, the great man of the world. …
Having heard of the sad news on the demise of President Kim Il Sung when he attended the conference of the west 7 summits, the French president felt so regretful and told the attendants.
… President Kim Il Sung was the great head of the state. He was the greatest of the great men who conducted activities from the period after the World War II up to now. …
The prestigious US religious leader also highly praised President Kim Il Sung as the genius and the leader with a steadfast faith who could hardly be found in the human history.
In the mourning period mass media of over 120 countries in the world featured competitively the news on the demise of President Kim Il Sung and admired him as the “sun who illuminates the world for ever”, the “undying flame”, the “great Sun that can be seen no longer in the human society” and so on.
The king of the Umoji Community, Nigeria said, at the ceremony of conferring the title of patriarch, that President Kim Il Sung was the great Sun who drove out darkness and gave life and he would be alive for ever as the sun in the sky is eternal.
The honorary director general of the World Peace Council stressed that President Kim Il Sung was the Sun of the 20th century and humankind would uphold him for ever.
The prominent figures and the people in the world published many books, reminiscences and poems under the titles “Sun of Juche Will Be Eternal”, “Kim Il Sung—Savior of Humankind”, “He Becomes Everlasting Torch that Shines over the World”, “President Kim Il Sung is the Great Statesman of the 20th Century” and “President Kim Il Sung is the Eternal Sun of Our Destiny”, etc.
Indeed the designations presented to him by the world people crystallize the ardent minds of the people to hold, for ever as the eternal Sun, President Kim Il Sung, the veteran of the world revolution and the distinguished great man representative of the 20th century.
Boundless admiration of humankind for President Kim Il Sung will be conveyed to the world for ever as the legend of the Sun along with prosperity of socialist Korea glorified by Chairman Kim Jong Il and led by respected Kim Jong Un.
