A Kim Il Sung University graduate surprised his friends by prioritizing career prospects over his long-term love.

The death of Kim Yong Ju, the younger brother of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, was reported by the Korean Central News Agency on Dec. 15, 2021. After being considered the No. 2 official in ...

SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has paid his respects at the mausoleum of his father, late leader Kim Jong-il, on the anniversary of his birthday, state media reported ...

A North Korean defector, reveals the strict regulations and government control in North Korea, including censorship of TVs, ...

and grandfather Kim Il-sung. The visit coincided with the Day of the Shining Star, a national holiday in North Korea on February 16, Kim Jong-il’s birthday. According to the Korean Central News ...

Kim Il-sung ruined the economy ... was to keep things in the family: the Kims can no more repudiate their founding father than the country’s elite can rise up and rebel. Kim’s major ...

Hyunseung Lee and his family defected from North Korea in 2014 ... He covers public attitudes toward Kim Jong Un and the past dictators, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. He also explains what North ...

Birth place: Sources vary between Khabarovsk, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/Siberia and Mount Paektu, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Father: Kim Il Sung, former president of ...

Here is a look at the life of the late Kim Jong Il, former Leader of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Details of his life were mysterious and varied from source to source. Personal:Birth date: ...