[KS] Dear Leader

[Dr. Edward D. Rockstein]

Dear Andriy & Michael

"Suryo^ng-nim" is just "leader". "Dear leader" is a usual English rendering of "Chin'aeha'nu^n chidoja" and is a standard epithet for Kim Cho^ng-il.  Kim's father was known, inter alia, as "kyo^ng'aeha'nu^n suryo^ng-nim," another epithet standardly rendered in English as "Respected and Beloved Leader."  The "Nodongdang"/"Rodongdang") is translated regularly as the "[Korean] Workers Party," in English and is often abbrievated KWP.  Kim Cho^ng-il is the General Secretary ("Ch'ong Piso^.")

Doc Rock

Andriy Ryzhkov <andy_kim at ukr.net> wrote: Dear Michael, 
"Dear leader" sounds like "suryong-nim" in Korean and is still used to address Kim Jeon Il, 
but this term is used mostly in North Korea (he may also be called "Kim Jeong Il rodong-dang piseo" which means "The secretary of labour party", which is more official, but I`m not sure about the correctness of this term).  In "suryong-nim" "suryong" is Sino-Korean word which stands for "the leader" and "~nim" is a honorific suffix of pure Korean origin. As for South Korea, he is usually called "Kim Jeong Il gugpang wiweon-jang" or "chairman of National defence committee".
I`m not sure whether my reply is satisfactory...
Best regards, 
Ryzhkov Andriy, 
PhD candidate
National Taras Shevchenko university of Kyiv.





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