Discusses the attempts to dispel the rumors that Kim Il Sung's cult of personality exists in DPRK.
October 10, 1995
Gi Seok-bok Biography
Soviet-Korean Gi Seok-bok (Ki Sok Pok) was conscripted into the Soviet Army in August 1945 and was an important figure during the Soviet occupation of North Korea. In the wake of attacks on Soviet-Korean cadres in the mid-1950s, Gi returned to the Soviet Union in 1957.
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May 31, 1956 | Memorandum of Conversation with Gi Seok-bok |
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