Kim Jong-II: The Country Of North Korea

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The country of North Korea has vast differences from other countries.

North Korea’s leaders went from Kim Il-Sung to his son, Kim Jong-Il to his son, Kim Jong-un. The current supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, took his father’s place at a very young age. The people of North Korea were very skeptical about their new leader because they knew he was not experienced as much as his father and his grandfather was. North Korea’s best and most cherished supreme leader was Kim Jong-Il’s grandfather, Kim Il-Sung, because he was the only leader that actually gave back to his people and he was also very experienced on how to control a country.

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