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'Kim Pyong-il' (born 1954) is the half-brother of the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il, and the son of former leader Kim Il-sung.
Kim Pyong-il was born to Kim Il-sung and Kim Song-ae, Kim Il-sung's former secretary. Kim had one younger brother, Yong-il, and one younger sister, Kyung-hee, born to both parents. He was named after another son with the same name, who was born in Vyatskoye in 1944; that son, also known as Shura Kim, allegedly drowned in Pyongyang in 1947.

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History

Starting in 1988, Pyong-il was posted as an ambassador to several countries in Europe so that he could not influence politics in his home country. First he went to Bulgaria, and later he went to Hungary. He was recalled to Pyongyang after Hungary opened diplomatic relations with South Korea in February 1989. Then he went back to Europe, as the ambassador to Finland, and most recently, Poland. Today, as of 2007, he is the ambassador of North Korea to Poland.

See also

★ List of Koreans

★ Politics of North Korea

External links

★ http://www.asiapacificms.com/articles/north_korea_myths/

★ http://www.nautilus.org/DPRKBriefingBook/negotiating/issue.html

★ http://www.pitt.edu/~ctnst3/ronbun.html

★ http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/FB14Dg04.html

★ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_1998_Oct_19/ai_53425530

★ http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk03100&num=2040 Text and photos of Kim Pyong Il and his son and daughter in Poland.