Newly unveiled documents suggest the founder
of North Korea, Kim Il-sung,... who is the
grandfather of North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un,...
may not have been who the regime claims he
was.
Voice of America reported this week,... citing
once-confidential CIA documents,... that Kim's
original name was Kim Sung-ju ,... and he
impersonated "General Kim Il-sung,"... a famous
anti-Japanese independence fighter of the
time.
According to the documents,.. the real general
Kim had disappeared at some point,.. and Kim
Sung-ju took over his identity.
Kim Sung-ju moved to Manchuria at 14,... unlike
the real General Kim who was studying at a
Japanese military academy at that age,...
and it was revealed Kim Sung-ju murdered two
people before being appointed North Korean
leader by Stalin... when Kim was 33 years
old.
The confidential CIA documents were written
in September 1949 and reported to the U.S.
State Department in December of that year,...
six months before the Korean War started in
June 1950.
