Kim Jong-un visits family mausoleum for anniversary of father's death
Published: 17 Dec. 2025, 09:21
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- KIM JU-YEON
- [email protected]
![North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, fifth from left, and other senior officials from the ruling Workers' Party and military pay tribute to the late Kim Jong-il in a visit to Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang as the North marks the 14th anniversary of the former leader's death. Kim Jong-un visited at midnight on Dec. 16, state-run media reported. [KOREAN CENTRAL TELEVISION]](https://koreaseafood.online/data/photo/2025/12/17/8605a694-48ae-4f16-9d66-3acd59e508ec.jpg)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, fifth from left, and other senior officials from the ruling Workers' Party and military pay tribute to the late Kim Jong-il in a visit to Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang as the North marks the 14th anniversary of the former leader's death. Kim Jong-un visited at midnight on Dec. 16, state-run media reported. [KOREAN CENTRAL TELEVISION]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the mausoleum housing the bodies of the country’s ruling Kim family to pay tribute to his late father, Kim Jong-il, on the 14th anniversary of the former leader’s death, state media reported Wednesday.
Kim visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang at midnight on Tuesday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
He was pictured visiting alongside other senior officials from the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the military in a photo released by KCNA.
The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun contains the mummified bodies of Kim Il Sung, the founder of the North Korean government and the current leader's grandfather, and Kim Jong-il. Both are publicly displayed. They died on July 8, 1994, and Dec. 17, 2011, respectively.
Kim Jong-un has visited the mausoleum each year around the anniversary of Kim Jong-il’s death, except in 2022, when the visit was curtailed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The current leader's visit comes five days after the ruling Workers' Party concluded a three-day plenary session that prepared for its congress set to take place early next year.
![North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and other senior officials from the ruling Workers' Party and military visit the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang as the North marks the 14th anniversary of former leader Kim Jong-il's death. Kim Jong-un visited at midnight on Dec. 16, state-run media reported. [KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY]](https://koreaseafood.online/data/photo/2025/12/17/92cef4f0-51bd-4b48-a6e1-0b0f027de587.jpg)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and other senior officials from the ruling Workers' Party and military visit the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang as the North marks the 14th anniversary of former leader Kim Jong-il's death. Kim Jong-un visited at midnight on Dec. 16, state-run media reported. [KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY]
BY KIM JU-YEON [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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