Life in North Korea is utterly dominated by the cult of personality surrounding its late President Kim Il-sung, known as the Great Leader, and his son, Kim Jong-il, the Dear Leader.

BBC: Inside North Korea's bubble

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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An assassin believed to be under the orders of Kim Il Sung murdered the mother of South Korea's new president, Park Geun-hye, in downtown Seoul in 1974 while targeting her father.

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