North Korean leader, Kim Il-song has been known among western observers as a "faithful disciple of Stalin." Furthermore, Communist North Korea has been known to the western world as faithfully following the Soviet model. The central argument of my study is to refute this notion. One should note that there are similar revolutionary backgrounds between China and North Korea, similarities of social conditions, colonial or semi-colonial status, and a timing of revolution. The Chinese model would be a prototype for Asian communism. My study shows abundant evidences that North Korea should be included in the category of Asian communism rather than western communism, and Kim Il-song is a disciple of Mao Tse-tung rather than being Stalin's
