Upon his death in 2012, Kim Jong Il was written into the national constitution as "the eternal Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea." ...

The number of people ... Korea's "elite" who have defected to the South on Kim Jong Un's watch is more than double the amount who defected under his father, former Supreme Leader Kim Jong ...

Kim’s call during a speech at a Supreme People’s ... Korean leader’s rhetoric is strong, backing it up with the destruction of a symbolic structure constructed by his father Kim Jong Il ...

In North Korea, nearly all private homes and public offices must display portraits of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung side ... "Now, he is signaling to the people that he is the trustworthy ...

The reports said that although NHK claimed the two boys were accompanied by up to 10 adult officials from North Korea, there was no evidence that the boys' father Kim Jong Il — who ascended to ...