<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Kim dynasty, referred to in North Korea as the Mount Paektu Bloodline, is a three - generation lineage of North Korean leadership descended from the country's first leader, Kim Il - sung, in 1948 . Kim came to rule the North after the end of Japanese control in 1945 split the region . He began the Korean War in 1950 in an attempt to reunify the entire peninsula . Kim developed a cult of personality closely tied to their state philosophy of Juche, which was later passed on to his successors: his son Kim Jong - il and grandson Kim Jong - un . </P> <P> In 2013, Clause 2 of Article 10 of the new edited Ten Principles for the Establishment of a Monolithic Ideological System states that the party and revolution must be carried "eternally" by the "Baekdu bloodline". </P>

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