SEOUL -- For most of the decadelong reign of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, large portraits of his father and grandfather provided the backdrop to Workers' Party meetings in Pyongyang.
"Just like Kim Il Sung had 'juche' and Kim Jong Il had 'songun,' Kim Jong Un too is trying to create his own thought form, by combining these two ideologies and naming it after himself." © Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images
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Kim Jong Un-ism: Leader seeks 'new' ideology for North Korea
The third Kim is trying to build an image distinct from his father and grandfather
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