Introduction to Kim Il Sung’s Former Residence: Kim Il Sung’s Former Residence in Mangyongdae is the place where the leader of the North Korean people, Kim Il Sung, was born. Kim Il Sung also spent his childhood here. Mangyongdae Former Residence is located on the bank of the Datong River in the west of Pyongyang City, 12 kilometers away from the city center. It is a very simple thatched house with Korean characteristics. It was once a house where ordinary people lived in the past.