What if: Kim Il-Sung remained Presbyterian?

Ming777

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Kim Il-Sung was raised in a Presbyterian family; his father was an elder and his grandfather was a minister. What if he continued to remain Presbyterian throughout his life. How big of an impact might it have on the Korean Peninsula?
 
the Soviets choose other as a leader of North Korea? Kim Il-Sung become just an ordinary man in the south, similar as Hitler become ordinary man if Germany won world war 1
 
the Soviets choose other as a leader of North Korea? Kim Il-Sung become just an ordinary man in the south, similar as Hitler become ordinary man if Germany won world war 1

Wouldn't go that far. His family was involved in nationalist politics, as was much of the Protestant clergy of the era. There's a chance (assuming his family survives the War in China) that he likely returns to the South, and might figure somewhat in the non-communist opposition to Syngman Rhee (assuming minimal butterflies on that front).
 
It would be interesting to see an alternative TL where Sung reunifies the Korean Peninsula... under the rule of the Republic of Korea;):D
 
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