International Kim Il Sung Prize

The International Kim Il Sung Prize (Korean: 국제김일성상) is an award conferred for contributions in the study and proliferation of the Juche idea.[1] It is named in honor of Kim Il Sung, the first supreme leader of the North Korea, credited with creation of the Juche idea.

Not to be confused with Kim Il-sung Prize or International Kim Jong-il Prize.
International Kim Il Sung Prize
DateApril 1993 (1993-04)
CountryNorth Korea
Presented byInternational Kim Il-sung Foundation

The prize was instituted on April 13, 1993, when North Korea organized the International Kim Il Sung Prize Council in New Delhi, India, to celebrate the 81st birthday of Kim Il-sung (April 15, 1993) internationally.[2]

The International Kim Il Sung Prize consists of a gold medal,[2] certificate, a sum of money and a souvenir token.[1][3]

Prize Council

The International Kim Il Sung Prize Council selects and decides the candidate and organizes the conferment of the prize. The Council was officially registered in India and its headquarters is in New Delhi. The Council consists of one secretary-general and seven directors.[3]

The composition of the council is not made public,[1] but the following persons are known to have been members:

  • Alva Chavez, director (2002),[3] member (2007)[4]
  • Shuhachi Inoue, director, 2002[3]
  • Vishwanath, secretary general, 2012[5]

Since 2007, the prize has been awarded by the International Kim Il Sung Foundation[5] (reorganized as the Kim Il-sung-Kim Jong-il Foundation in 2012).[6]

Recipients
  • Shuhachi Inoue, 1993,[2] first recipient[5]
  • One person was awarded in 1994, another one in 1995, and two people in 1996[2]
  • Vishwanath,[5] April 13, 2002[3]
  • Kim Jong Il,[5] February 16, 2007[4]
  • Norodom Sihanouk, 29 March 2012[7]
  • Ramon Jimenez Lopez, director-general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea, April 6, 2018[8]

In 2014, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni was nominated for the award, but repeatedly declined to receive it.[9]

See also

References
  1. Hoare 2012, p. 181.
  2. Kim, Ilpyong J. (2003). "International Kim Il-sung Prize". Historical Dictionary of North Korea. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-8108-4331-8.
  3. ""International Kim Il Sung Prize" awarded to Vishwanath". KCNA. April 14, 2002. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  4. "Foreigners Feted". KCNA. February 16, 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  5. Hoare 2012, p. 182.
  6. "International Kim Il Sung Foundation Council Issues Decision". KCNA. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  7. "International Kim Il Sung Prize Conferred on Great King of Cambodia". KCNA. March 30, 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  8. "Decision was Adopted to Award International Kim Il Sung Prize to IIJI Director-general". Korean Association of Social Scientists. 12 April 2018. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  9. "Ugandan President declines Pyongyang award". The Korea Times. October 9, 2015.

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