Roman Husarski – Mother, Warrior and Prophet – The Myth of Kim Jong Suk in DPRK Cinema – EJKS Volume 22.2 (2023)
Abstract In the late 1970s, North Korean propaganda began to increasingly idolize various members of the Kim Il Sung family. Among the hagiographies of the so-called bloodline of Mt. Paektu is that of Kim Jong Suk (1917–1949), the first wife of Kim Il Sung and the mother of Kim Jong Il. Although her cult has…