Eternal leaders of North Korea

Eternal leaders of North Korea
Bronze statues of former leaders Kim Il Sung (left) and Kim Jong Il (right) at the Mansu Hill Grand Monument
Korean name
Hangul
주체조선의 영원한 수령
Hanja
主體朝鮮의 永遠한 首領
Lit.Eternal leaders of Juche Korea
RRJuchejoseonui yeongwonhan suryeong
MRChuch'ejosŏnŭi yŏngwŏnhan suryŏng

The eternal leaders of North Korea or eternal leaders of Korea (officially the eternal leaders of Juche Korea) are honorary titles accorded to deceased leaders of North Korea. The phrase was used in a line of the preamble to the Constitution, as amended on June 30, 2016, and in subsequent revisions.

It reads (in the original version):

Under the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Korean people will uphold the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung as the eternal President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Comrade Kim Jong Il as the eternal Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea [...]

— Constitution of North Korea

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