===Personality cult===The North Korean government exercises control over many aspects of the nation's culture, and this control is used to perpetuate a cult of personality surrounding Kim Il-sung, and, to a lesser extent, Kim Jong-il.
Ko je leta 1994 umrl Kim Il-sung, Severna Koreja ni razpisala volitev, temveč ga je razglasila za »večnega predsednika« in mu zgradila mavzolej v centru Pjongjanga.