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Childhood to young adulthood
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Partisan activities
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Soviet Union and return to Korea
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Defeating the Domestic faction
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Cult of personality
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Purge of Pak Hon-yong and his followers
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Economic reconstruction
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August Faction Incident and de-Stalinisation
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Inter-Korean relations
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Kapsan Faction Incident
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Three Revolution Work Movement
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Ascension of Kim Jong-il
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Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Pyongyang Declaration
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Economic stagnation and downturn
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Death and state funeral
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Style of leadership
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Nepotism and intermarriage
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Personal life and characteristics
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