Instead, he bestowed on his father after death the title of "eternal president, " while he took lesser titles such as chairman of national defense and general secretary of the main political party.

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They seemed to be in a competition to wear the most Kim Il-Sung buttons they could pin onto their clothing (Kim Il-Sung was the father of Kim Jong-Il and eternal president of North Korea).

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His late father, Kim Jong-Il, was made the commission's "eternal chairman" by the country's rubber-stamp parliament.

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