Mt. Paektu

Mt. Paektu is a volcanic mountain near North Korea's border with China.^[1]

North Korean officials claim that all three members of the Kim family, Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un, who each, successively, served as ruler of North Korea, were born in sight of the mountain.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 John Pike (2023-03-07). "Kim Jong Un #1 Son". Global Security. Retrieved 2026-03-02. Kim Jong Un is not just the leader. He is part of a personality cult built around the family dynasty of the Mount Paektu bloodline. The successor to the throne of power in North Korea has to come from the Kim Family Dynasty. In 2013, Clause 2 of Article 10 of the Ten Principles for the Establishment of a Monolithic Ideological System clearly states that the party and revolution must be carried “eternally” by the “Baekdu bloodline.”

[globalsecurity2023-03-07-1] 1.0 ^1.1 John Pike (2023-03-07). "Kim Jong Un #1 Son". Global Security. Retrieved 2026-03-02. Kim Jong Un is not just the leader. He is part of a personality cult built around the family dynasty of the Mount Paektu bloodline. The successor to the throne of power in North Korea has to come from the Kim Family Dynasty. In 2013, Clause 2 of Article 10 of the Ten Principles for the Establishment of a Monolithic Ideological System clearly states that the party and revolution must be carried “eternally” by the “Baekdu bloodline.”

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