The International Kim Il Sung Prize (Korean: 국제김일성상) is an award conferred for contributions in the study and proliferation of the Juche idea.
[1] It is named in honor of Kim Il Sung, the first supreme leader of the North Korea, credited with creation of the Juche idea.
The prize was instituted on April 13, 1993, when North Korea organized the International Kim Il Sung Prize Council in New Delhi, India, to celebrate the 81st birthday of Kim Il-sung (April 15, 1993) internationally.
[2] The International Kim Il Sung Prize consists of a gold medal,[2] certificate, a sum of money and a souvenir token.
[6] In 2014, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni was nominated for the award, but repeatedly declined to receive it.