<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong_Il" id="mwAQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kim Jong Il">Kim Jong Il</a> begins to assume <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_North_Korea" id="mwAQk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of leaders of North Korea">supreme leadership</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> upon the death of his father, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Il_Sung" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kim Il Sung">Kim Il Sung</a>.