| Born / Place | Feb. 16, 1942, in a "secret camp" in Mt. Paektu |
| Education | Kim Il Sung University, Pyongyang |
| Family | Married with three daughters and a son |
| Power Points | Kim has established diplomatic ties with Italy and Australia and may visit Beijing later this year. Talks are also going on with Japan and the Philippines, and the Americans are warming to him (again). Most important of all, though, is a historic summit in June, 2000 in Pyongyang with South Korea's Kim Dae Jung. If that takes place and goes well, tension on the Korean peninsula and in North Asia could ease significantly. North Korea's economy remains shattered, however, and Kim's poor human-rights record works against him in the West.
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