Was Kim Jong-il a successful ruler?

In this 1997 photo, Kim Jong Il looks out at a huge crowd during a ceremony to mark the third anniversary of the death of his father and North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung / AP. Kim Jong Il was a real-life Dr. Evil, intent on being taken seriously and yet almost unfailingly laughed at. read more

Churchill was a great leader in warfare & hence was successful in dealing WW2. But immediately after WW2, he was rejected by people (& rightly so) as they thought that his belligerent postures were of no use in new scenario. I feel that Kim Jong Il was quite moderate as compared to his son, & present ruler Kim Jong Un. read more

Demonstrating a degree of precise synchronization that would have made any Broadway choreographer envious, some 100,000 acrobats and dancers performed for an hour themes from the 55-year history of their glorious "revolution" (which, in truth, was the Soviet installation of Kim Jong Il's father, Kim Il Sung, in 1945). read more

The Complete Collection of Kim Jong-il's Works is currently in volume 13. There is a "Kim Jong-il's Works Exhibition House" dedicated to his works in North Korea, holding 1,100 of his works and manuscripts. In his teens and university years, Kim Jong-il wrote poems – notably "O Korea, I will Add Glory to Thee". read more