8/3/2019 Infographic: Kim Jong-il

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SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFO GRAPHIC BY LINDSAY OUELLETTE /QMI AGENCY

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NorthKoreas

mysterymanKim Jong-il the so-called Dear Leader of North Koreas totalitarian regime has died at the age of 69

Feb. 1941: Born either in Siberia, when his father,Kim Il-sungwas in exile or in 1942 at his fathersguerrilla base in North Korea

1999: Kims allegedsupernotescam takes o. Extremelyhigh-quality copies of foreigncurrency U.S. dollars,Japanese yen, Thai bahts, and

later, euros start circulatingthrough North KoreanZokwangTrading Companyin Macau

2001: Pyongyang sendscondolences to U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush following 9/11attacks

Jan 2002:Bush brandsNorth Korea,along withIraq and Iran,as part of

axis of evil

Oct.: U.S. halts oil deliveries.With invasion of Iraq looming,Kim becomes increasinglyconvinced Bush wants tooverthrow him

2003: U.S. threatens sanctions.Kim resumes nuclear weaponsprogram and expells UN inspec-tors

2004: Kim threatensnuclearsea of fire if U.S. attacks NorthKorea

2005: U.S. imposes financialsanctions

Oct 2006: North Koreaconducts underground nucleartest blast

2008: Rumours that Kim hassuered a stroke.

2009: North Korea testssecond nuclear device andballistic missile with capability ofhitting Alaska

June 1950:Soviet-backedKimIl-sung attacksSouth Korea,triggering KoreanWar

July 1953: Korean War ends in truce withoutformal peace agreement. North and South stilltechnically at war.

1964: Kim Jong-il graduates from university

1970-80: Appointed head of North Koreasspecial forces. Allegedly linked to 1986 bombingof Korean Airlines jet, killing 115 people

1973: Heads cultural division of Korean WorkersParty

1978: Organizes kidnap of South Koreanfilm director and his actor girlfriend in bid toimprove North Koreas film industry

1980: Ocially designated succes-sor to his father. Appointedcommander of army, which becomeshis main support base

1991: Fall of Soviet Union. Vitalsource of aid begins to dry up

1993: Kim takes over responsibility

for nations defence

2010: Kim Jong-il names histhird son, Kim Jong Un, as hissuccessor

2001: Publishes book On the Art ofCinema

Height: 5 feet 3 inches

Wears platform shoes

and bouant hairstyle

Kims favourite drink Hennessy

VSOP cognac 1994: Death of KimIl-sung. Famine kills asmany as two millionpeople in North Korea

Nov.: Replublicans gain control of U.S.Congress Clintons pact grinds to virtualstandstill

1997: After mourning period Kim becomeshead of state. Under his military firstpolicyarmy gets first choice of resources

1998: Kim intiatesmissiles for nucleartechnologydeal with Pakistan and launcehsTaepo-dong-1 missile over nothern Japan

Oct.: U.S. President Bill Clintonforges pact with Pyongyang toabandon its atomic weaponsprogram in exchange for fuel aid andhelp to build two reactors.

Kim Jong-un, the young manannounced as North Koreas nextleader, is even more of an enigmathan his mercurial father Kim Jong-il

Birth: Thought to beJanuary 8, 1984 reportedly most favoured ofKim Jong-ils three sons.

Mother: Ko Young-hui (d.2004), Japanese-bornKorean dancer, said to beKim Jong-ils favouriteconsort

Education: Attended internationalschool in Switzerland until 1998.Studied military science at universityin North Korea, 2002-2006

Role: In September2010 Kim is made afour-star general, givensenior ruling partyposts, and put incharge of North Koreas

secret police

Succession: Given Kim Jong-unsyouth, his uncle, Jang Sung-taek, isbelieved to have been entrusted withcaretaker role to oversee smooth

transfer of power

Next in line

Dec 17, 2011: KimJong-il dies fromsuspected heart attack,

aged 69.

Kim Jong-il, generalsecretary of the WorkersParty of Korea, chairman ofthe DPRK National DefenceCommission and supremecommander of the KoreanPeoples Army, passedaway from a great mentaland physical strain at08:30 December 17, 2011,on train during a fieldguidance tour.

Pyongyang's ocialKorean Central News Agency(KCNA) announces details ofKim's death

We hope his passing bringspositive change allowing thepeople of North Korea toemerge from six decades ofisolation, oppression andmisery.

Prime Minister StephenHarper

I have ordered ocials to

beef up intelligence-gathering on North Korea, towork closely with the UnitedStates, China and SouthKorea, and to prepare forfurther unexpected develop-ments.

Yoshihiko Noda, Japaneseprime minister

We have friendly relationswith North Korea. We hopethat this loss that theKorean people have suered

will not have a negativeimpact on the developmentof our relations.

Sergey Lavrov, Russian foreignminister

We reiterate our hope forimproved relations with thepeople of North Korea andremain deeply concernedabout their well-being.

Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretaryof state

Believed to have a library of 20,000movies. Favourite characters areRambo and James Bond