Kim Il-Sung (6-2-5 Upheaval)

Kim Il-Sung was the Prime Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from 1948 until the DPRK (North Korea) was reunited with the Republic of Korea as a result of the Seoul Treaty, signed in November of 1951.

Kim Il-Sung is notable for initiating the Korean War, called the 6-2-5 Upheaval in Korea, in which his forces managed to defeat the South Koreans under Syngman Rhee, but ended up unable to hold off the UN-backed invasion of his nation.

Early Life
Kim Il-Sung was born to parents Kim Hyŏng-jik and Kang Pan-sŏk, in 1912 in the then-Japanese colony of Korea. According to his own account, he was raised in a lower-middle class family, and was raised Presbyterian.