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Kim Jong-il was born in 1941 in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye. He would follow his father Kim Il-sung as the second leader of North Korea, living an extravagant and eccentric lifestyle, while oppressing and starving the ordinary people.
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Fischer, Paul (2015). A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator’s Rise to Power. Flatiron Books
Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950–1992. Ithaca: Cornell University Press
Lim Jae-Cheon (2009), Kim Jong Il’s Leadership of North Korea (1 ed.), London: Routledge
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