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# Kang Pan Sok 강반석 

dead Died aged 40 

Kang Pan Sok was the mother of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, the paternal grandmother of Kim Jong Il, and a great grandmother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang%5FPan%5FSok)

Born

1892-04-21, Mangyŏngdae

Died

1932-07-31, Antu County, Jilin, Republic of China (Illness)

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

1932-07-31[source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang%5FPan%5FSok)

Also known as

Mother of Korea

## Family 

- spouse [Kim Hyong Jik](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-hyong-jik) Husband
- child [Kim Il Sung](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-il-sung) Eldest son
- child [Kim Yong Ju](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-yong-ju) Son

Machine-readable: [/api/people/kang-pan-sok](https://savenorthkorea.org/api/people/kang-pan-sok) · [Wikidata Q709975](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709975) · Photo: [Unknown authorUnknown author / Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kang%5Fbansuk.jpg) (Public domain)