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War damage and the flood of refugees from North Korea further intensified the economic problem . Increasingly , Kim 's son , Kim Jong Il , had assumed the day-to-day management of the government and , at Kim Il Sung 's death in 1994 , the son took over leadership of the country . The divine design of the empire — supposedly founded in 660 BC by the emperor Jimmu , a lineal descendant of the sun goddess and ancestor of the present emperor — was held as official dogma until 1945 . Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett ( D ) announced plans yesterday to open the county 's third day-laborer center , near the Shady Grove Metro station just south of the Gaithersburg border.Plans for a county-funded employment center for day laborers , most of whom are immigrants , have been a source of controversy in Gaithersburg for the past year . The railroads have been extensively rebuilt , and in the South high-speed lines connect Seoul with Daegu and Busan in the southeast and Gwangju in the southwest .