List of things named after Kim Il Sung

Kimilsungia is the namesake flower of Kim Il Sung.

Kim Il Sung was the founder and first leader of North Korea. Jane Portal, the author of Art Under Control in North Korea, assesses that: "[i]t is probably the case that Kim Il-sung [had] more buildings named after him during his lifetime than any other leader in history".[1] North Korea claims that "[m]ore than 480 streets, institutions and organizations in 100 countries were named after Kim Il Sung".[2] Since Kim Il Sung's name Il-sung (Korean: 일성; Hancha: 日成) can mean "the Sun", many things named after him are actually called this way.[3]

  1. ^ Portal 2005, p. 90.
  2. ^ ""Kim Il Sung's Korea", Special Write-ups to Centenary of His Birth (27)". KCNA. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. ^ Lim 2015, p. 88.