The first statue of Kim Il Sung — founder of the North Korean regime and grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un — was erected on December 25th, Christmas Day. This was no accident: Kim Il Sung was actually a Sunday school teacher and born into a deeply Christian family. Former Wall Street Journal Seoul Bureau Chief Jonathan Cheng has spent a decade examining the Kim dynasty, the country's autocratic governance, and why its propaganda and society is the way it is.

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