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He died on June 5, [[1926]], at the age of 31. In North Korea, it is claimed that his death was due to complications from frostbite suffered while evading Japanese police.[[[http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1972012500209204002](http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1972012500209204002) Dong-A Ilbo, January 25, 1972]] However, another account suggests that he may have been killed by a communist group with whom he had longstanding grievances. His grave, together with that of his wife [[Kang Pan-sŏk]], is located near Mangyongdae in Pyongyang, Kim Il-sung’s birthplace, although it is believed that the remains were relocated there after liberation from their original burial site in China. |
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He died on June 5, [[1926]], at the age of 31. In North Korea, it is claimed that his death was due to complications from frostbite suffered while evading Japanese police.[[[http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1972012500209204002](http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1972012500209204002) Dong-A Ilbo, January 25, 1972]] However, another account suggests that he may have been killed by a communist group with whom he had longstanding grievances. His grave, together with that of his wife [[Kang Pan-sŏk]], is located near Mangyongdae in Pyongyang, Kim Il-sung’s birthplace, although it is believed that the remains were relocated there after liberation from their original burial site in China. |
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Kim and his wife attended Christian churches,[{{Cite web | title = Kim Il-sung: disastrous founder of communist N. Korea | author = Lankov | first = Andrei | author-link = Andrei Lankov| work=[[The Korea Times]] | date = 17 August 2011 | access-date = 2 August 2016 | url = https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/08/117_92972.html }}] It was reported that his son, Kim Il Sung, attended church services during his teenage years before becoming an [[atheism|atheist]] later in life.[{{cite web|url=http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/kim-il-sung.html |title=Kim Il Sung killer file |publisher=Moreorless : Heroes and killers of the 20th century |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051205084244/http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/kim-il-sung.html |archive-date=5 December 2005 }}][{{Cite journal |last=Ch'oe |first=Yŏng-ho |date=1986 |title=Christian Background in the Early Life of Kim Il-Song |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2644258 |journal=Asian Survey |volume=26 |issue=10 |pages=1082–1091 |doi=10.2307/2644258 |issn=0004-4687|url-access=subscription }}] |
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Kim and his wife attended Christian churches,[{{Cite web | title = Kim Il-sung: disastrous founder of communist N. Korea | author = Lankov | first = Andrei | author-link = Andrei Lankov| work=[[The Korea Times]] | date = 17 August 2011 | access-date = 2 August 2016 | url = https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/08/117_92972.html }}] It was reported that his son, Kim Il Sung, attended church services during his teenage years before becoming an [[atheism|atheist]] later in life.[{{cite web|url=http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/kim-il-sung.html |title=Kim Il Sung killer file |publisher=Moreorless : Heroes and killers of the 20th century |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051205084244/http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/kim-il-sung.html |archive-date=5 December 2005 }}][{{Cite journal |last=Ch'oe |first=Yŏng-ho |date=1986 |title=Christian Background in the Early Life of Kim Il-Song |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2644258 |journal=Asian Survey |volume=26 |issue=10 |pages=1082–1091 |doi=10.2307/2644258 |issn=0004-4687|url-access=subscription }}] |
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