Kumsusan Palace of the Sun
The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace (금수산기념궁전), is a building near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang that serves as the mausoleum for Kim Il Sung, the founder of North Korea, and for his son Kim Jong Il, both posthumously designated as the Eternal leaders of North Korea.
Kumsusan Memorial Palace of the Suns (portrait of Kim Jong Il was added in 2011 after his death.)
A white marble statue of Kim Il Sung inside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun. It has since been replaced by giant wax likenesses of the two leaders.
The portraits of the two leaders seen outside the palace.
Kim Jong Il was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea. He led North Korea from the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994 until his death in 2011, when he was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Un. Afterwards, Kim Jong Il was declared Eternal General Secretary of the WPK.
Kim in 2011
Idealized portrait of Kim Jong Il
North Koreans bowing to the statues of Kim Jong Il and his father, Kim Il Sung, at the Mansu Hill Grand Monument
Kim talking with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their 2001 meeting in Moscow
