The Kumsusan Memorial
Palace is a
building located near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang and
serves as the mausoleum for Kim Il-Sung, the founder and Eternal President
of DPRK and for his
son, Kim Jong-Il
who succeeded him as the country's leader.
The palace was built in 1976 as the Kumsusan Assembly Hall, and served
as Kim Il-Sung's official residence. Following the elder Kim's death in
1994, Kim Jong-Il had the building renovated and transformed into his
father's Mausoleum.