The story dates back to pre-war times, when a legend arose that Korean guerilla fighters, including Kim Il Sung, used this ability to escape Japanese forces during the war for independence.
While his father distanced himself from the public with such supernatural praise, the current supreme leader chooses to imitate his grandfather Kim Il Sung, who worked to create a friendly and relatable image.
Treacherous mountains and steep passes step aside, Even lightning follows him With the General's strategy The drums of victory resound!
Despite being created to praise North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the song became a meme and a source of parodies in South Korea due to its absurd themes.
[7] In 2012, when the website of the left-wing Unified Progressive Party was hacked, the hackers used this song as background music on its main page.
[8][9] In 2020, the Korean Workers' Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun published a purported anecdote from 1945 in which Kim Il Sung described methods of deception he used while fighting the Japanese forces, while denying the literal existence of chukjibeop:[10][5][6] In fact there is nobody who disappears, and after disappearing reappears, and one can't fold the earth.
"[11]This article was interpreted by South Korean and international media as a possible step back from the supernatural mystification of North Korea's leaders, in line with guidance that Kim Jong Un had provided a year earlier.