Kim dynasty

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political dynasty ruling family

The Kim dynasty is the hereditary ruling family of North Korea, known for its totalitarian regime, pervasive personality cult, and central role in shaping the state's ideology and politics.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kim family of North Korea	3
Kim dynasty (North Korea)	1
Kim dynasty of North Korea	1
Kim family (North Korea)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political dynasty ⓘ ruling family ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kim family ⓘ North Korean government ⓘ surface form: Kim regime Mount Paektu bloodline ⓘ
associatedWith	dynastic succession in a socialist state ⓘ human rights abuses in North Korea ⓘ political prison camps in North Korea ⓘ
capitalControlled	Pyongyang ⓘ
controls	Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ Korean People's Army ⓘ State Affairs Commission of North Korea ⓘ
country	North Korea ⓘ
economicPolicyInfluence	centralized planned economy ⓘ limited market reforms ⓘ
firstLeader	Kim Il Sung ⓘ
founder	Kim Il Sung ⓘ
governmentTypeInfluence	hereditary dictatorship ⓘ
ideology	Juche ⓘ Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism ⓘ Songun ⓘ
inception	1948 ⓘ
legitimizedBy	anti-Japanese guerrilla legacy ⓘ
mediaControl	state propaganda apparatus ⓘ
memberOfFamily	Jang Song-thaek ⓘ surface form: Jang Song Thaek Kim Il Sung ⓘ Kim Jong Chol ⓘ Kim Jong Il ⓘ Kim Jong Nam ⓘ Kim Jong-suk ⓘ surface form: Kim Jong Suk Kim Jong Un ⓘ Kim Kyong-hui ⓘ surface form: Kim Kyong Hui Kim Yo-jong ⓘ surface form: Kim Yo Jong Ko Yong Hui ⓘ
politicalParty	Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
politicalSystem	one-party state ⓘ totalitarian regime ⓘ
promotes	cult of personality ⓘ military-first politics ⓘ North Korean nuclear weapons program ⓘ surface form: nuclear weapons program of North Korea
region	East Asia ⓘ
secondLeader	Kim Jong Il ⓘ
securityApparatus	Ministry of State Security of North Korea ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Social Security of North Korea Ministry of State Security of North Korea ⓘ
stateFoundedUnder	Soviet influence ⓘ
statePhilosophy	personality cult of the leader ⓘ
symbolicallyLinkedTo	Paektu Mountain ⓘ surface form: Mount Paektu
thirdLeader	Kim Jong Un ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kang Pan-sok → family → Kim dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kim family of North Korea

Kim Man-il → family → Kim dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kim dynasty (North Korea)

Day of the Sun → linkedTo → Kim dynasty ⓘ

Juche → linkedToDynasty → Kim dynasty ⓘ

Kim Jong Un → memberOf → Kim dynasty ⓘ

Kim Jong-suk → partOf → Kim dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kim family of North Korea

Kim Kyong-hui → partOf → Kim dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kim dynasty of North Korea

Kim Pyong-il → partOf → Kim dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kim family (North Korea)

Kim Sung-ae → partOf → Kim dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kim family of North Korea