The Kim Il Sung Prize (김일성상) is an award given by the
Government of North Korea
In the North Korean government, the Cabinet is the administrative and executive body. The North Korean government consists of three branches: administrative, legislative, and judicial. However, they are not independent of each other, but all br ...
to persons in various fields who demonstrate exemplary service to the values of
''Juche'' idea.
Past winners include the Korean composer
Kim Won-gyun
Kim Won-gyun (; 2 January 1917 – 5 April 2002) was a North Korean composer and politician. He is considered one of the most prominent, if not the most celebrated, composer of North Korea. He composed "Aegukka" — the national anthem of ...
, judoka
Kye Sun-hui, and the
Arirang Festival
The Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance Arirang (), also known as the Arirang Mass Games, or the Arirang Festival is a mass gymnastics and artistic festival held in the Rungrado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. The games usu ...
.
Recipients
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Ri Chun-hee
Ri Chun-hee (also romanized as Ri Chun Hee or Ri Chun Hui ; born 8 July 1943) is a North Korean news presenter for North Korean broadcaster Korean Central Television. She is most notable for her characteristic emotional and sometimes vitriolic t ...
(2012, news presenter)
*CNC instrument automatic streamline (2011)
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Among the People'' (book series, 2017)
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Arirang Festival
The Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance Arirang (), also known as the Arirang Mass Games, or the Arirang Festival is a mass gymnastics and artistic festival held in the Rungrado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. The games usu ...
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Glorifying the Era of Juche'' (book series)
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Jong Kwan-chol (painter)
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Kim Won-gyun
Kim Won-gyun (; 2 January 1917 – 5 April 2002) was a North Korean composer and politician. He is considered one of the most prominent, if not the most celebrated, composer of North Korea. He composed "Aegukka" — the national anthem of ...
(composer, 1972)
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Ku Hui-chol (poet)
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Kye Sun-hui (judoka, 2003)
* (actor and director)
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Pak Jong-ju
Pak Jong-ju (born 14 March 1997) is a North Korean weightlifter competing in the 69 kg and 62 kg categories until 2018 and 67 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.
Career
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(film director)
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Ri Hui-chan (scriptwriter)
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Rim Kum-dan (children's writer)
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Ro Ik-hwa (sculptor)
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Jong Yong-man
Chong Yong-man (; born 8 January 1970) is a North Korean former footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American f ...
(painter)
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O Tae-hyong (sculptor)
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U Chi-son
U or u, is the twenty-first and sixth-to-last letter and fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''u'' (pr ...
(potter,1989)
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Kim Sok-hyong
Kim or KIM may refer to:
Names
* Kim (given name)
* Kim (surname)
** Kim (Korean surname)
*** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties
**** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948
** Kim, Vietnamese fo ...
(academician)
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Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong-il (; ; ; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim;, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He led North Korea from the 1994 death of his father Kim ...
(leader of North Korea, February 1973 and March 2012)
*Kim Si Kwon (poet, 1988)
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Kim Pyong-hwa
Kim or KIM may refer to:
Names
* Kim (given name)
* Kim (surname)
** Kim (Korean surname)
*** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties
**** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948
** Kim, Vietnamese fo ...
(writer of
Arirang
"Arirang" (; ) is a Korean folk song. There are about 3,600 variations of 60 different versions of the song, all of which include a refrain similar to "''Arirang, arirang, arariyo'' ()". It is estimated the song is more than 600 years old.
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)
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Kim Chun-hui (weightlifting coach)
Kim Chun-hui (born 14 July 1963) is a South Korean athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Se ...
*People's Actress Kim Jong Hwa (actor)
*People's Actor Kim Ryong Rim (actor)
*Ri Hui Chan (film author)
*O Hye Yong (film author)
*Labour Hero People's Artist Pak Jong Ju (film director)
*Choe Il Sim (film author)
*Jang Yu Son (film author)
*Yui Ung Yong (film author)
*People's Artist Jon Jong Sok (cameraman)
*Pak Ho Il (film author)
See also
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International Kim Il-sung Prize
The International Kim Il Sung Prize ( ko, 국제김일성상) is an award conferred for contributions in the study and proliferation of the ''Juche'' idea. It is named in honor of Kim Il Sung, the first supreme leader of the North Korea, credited ...
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Orders and medals of North Korea
The award system of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was initially created less than one month after the foundation of the Republic. During the years of Japanese occupation of Korea, many of the future leaders fled to the S ...
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People's Prize
The People's Prize ( ko, 인민상) is a North Korean arts and sciences award. It is awarded by the People's Prize Awarding Commission, which is working directly under the Cabinet of North Korea. The prize can be granted to works of art or people. ...
References
Kim Il Sung
Orders, decorations, and medals of North Korea
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