Kim Jong-il was born in 1941 in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye. He would follow his father Kim Il-sung as the second ...

Choi Sung-ryong, whose father was executed by North Korea, wants to pressure a pro-Pyongyang association in Tokyo over the ...

It must be difficult to have been the heavenly leaders of North Korea for all time. So what does one unwind as an eternal leader? From brutal executions, opening zoos, to hiring foreign NBA stars, ...

though the birthdays of late state founder Kim Il-sung and his successor, Kim Jong-il, have been marked as national holidays. The Rodong Sinmun, a North Korean newspaper catering to the general ...

Crucially, Carter came up with a deal where North Korea would stop its nuclear activity, allow IAEA inspectors back into its ...

Kim Il-sung, and his father, Kim Jong-il. Since assuming power in late 2011, the incumbent leader had visited the mausoleum on the first day of every year, except in 2018 and last year.

North Korea implemented special security measures for Kim Jong Un's birthday on Jan. 8, suggesting efforts to designate date ...

"10 ODD Facts About Kim Jong Un's WIFE! We all know that in North Korea the most important person is the supreme leader, such ...

Kim Jong Il’s presence continued to increase, and in the 1970s, Kim Il Sung started telling those around him that his son would take over the leadership role. In July 1972, the South and North ...

though the birthdays of late state founder Kim Il-sung and his successor, Kim Jong-il, have been marked as national holidays. The Rodong Sinmun, a North Korean newspaper catering to the general ...

Kim Il-sung, and his son, Kim Jong-il, to mark New Year's Day, in this photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency the next day. The mausoleum enshrines the mummified bodies ...