13 March 1958
Kim Il Sung Goes Shopping
'Kim Il Sung drops into a co-op farm's shop'
Poster, 1958
BG D17/406
According to the website 'Anecdotes on Kim Il Sung' (http://north-korea.narod.ru/anecdotes.htm) the North Korean leader visited a department store on March 13, 1958. Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) bought a pair of socks of inferior quality so that he would not stand out among the people.
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