Kim Il-sung Prize

The Kim Il-sung Prize is an award given by the Government of North Korea to persons in various fields who demonstrate exemplary service to the values of Juche idea.[1] Past winners include the Korean composer Kim Won-gyun, judoka Kye Sun-hui, and the Arirang Festival.

Kim Il-sung Prize
Awarded forService to the values of Juche
CountryNorth Korea
Presented byGovernment of North Korea

Recipients
  • Among the People (book series)[2]
  • Arirang Festival[3]
  • Glorifying the Era of Juche (book series)[4]
  • Jong Kwan-chol (painter)[5]
  • Kim Won-gyun (composer)[6]
  • Ku Hui-chol (poet)[7]
  • Kye Sun-hui (judoka)[8]
  • Om Kil-son (actor and director)[9]
  • Pak Jong-ju (film director)[10]
  • Ri Hui-chan (scriptwriter)[11]
  • Rim Kum-dan (children's writer)[12]
  • Ro Ik-hwa (sculptor)[13]
  • Jong Yong-man (painter)[14]
  • O Tae-hyong (sculptor)[15]
  • U Chi-son (potter)[15]
  • Kim Sok-hyong (academician)[16]
  • Kim Jong-il (leader of North Korea, February 1973 and March 2012)[17]

See also

References
  1. Michael Breen (1 February 2012). Kim Jong-Il, Revised and Updated: Kim Jong-il: North Koreas Dear Leader, Revised and Updated Edition. John Wiley & Sons. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-118-15377-2. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. "Among the People(106)". pulbora.edu.kp. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. "North Korea's 'Arirang' Mass Games Looked Utterly Splendid". Business Insider. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  4. "Book, Kim Il Sung Prize Winner". KCNA. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. "Famous Painter Jong Kwan Chol". Naenara. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  6. James E. Hoare (13 July 2012). Historical Dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Scarecrow Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-8108-7987-4. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  7. "Foreign Guests Meet in Secret Camp in Mt. Paektu". KCNA. February 16, 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  8. An, ed. (July 30, 2008). "Kye Sun Hui pinned high hope to win gold at Olympics for DPRK". Xinhua. Retrieved April 19, 2006.
  9. "Veteran Film Director Om Kil Son". Naenara. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  10. "Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Sends Wreath to Bier of Pak Jong Ju". oananews.org. KCNA. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  11. "Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Sends Wreath to Bier of Ri Hui Chan". KCNA. 20 January 2019. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Alt URL
  12. Jin Yong-ho (June 2013). "Writer for Children". Democratic People's Republic of Korea. No. 690. p. 30. ISSN 1727-9208.
  13. Kim Son-gyong (May 2015). "Sculptor Family". Democratic People's Republic of Korea. No. 713. pp. 26–27. ISSN 1727-9208.
  14. Kim So Yeol (2011-08-19). "Mansudae Art Studio Back in the Limelight". Daily NK. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  15. "Talented Artists of DPRK". Naenara. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  16. "Kim Un Thaek". pulbora.edu.kp. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  17. "Chairman Kim Jong Il: Biography". Naenara. Retrieved 3 August 2020.


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