Communist North Korea was founded with Soviet help in 1948, after Korea was divided into an American and a Soviet occupation zone after World War II.

36-year-old Kim Il-Sung gains power and becomes North Korea's first leader.

Today, North Korea is one of the world's most closed countries, ruled by Kim Il-Sung's grandson Kim Jong-Un.

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