North Korea is stepping up its air defenses as it unveils a new aircraft equipped with a powerful radar for surveillance and ...

Newly released files show experts from the US and Russia were sceptical he could hold onto power in the wake of his father's ...

Selected by the Soviets to run what was supposed to be a minor puppet regime, Kim Il Sung created his own cult of personality ...

The accident in Pocheon, about 20 miles south of the border with North Korea, injured civilians and soldiers and damaged homes.

Kim Jong Il, who frequently used the train for trips ... and has written for publications including The Guardian, The Week magazine, the Press Association and local newspapers.

It's the late leader Kim Jong Il's birthday celebrations, and everyone's invited. For the first time in more than five years, foreign tourists can visit North Korea, albeit to the city of Rason ...

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea marked the 83rd birthday of late leader Kim Jong-il, with its propaganda machine calling for loyalty for Kim's son and current leader Kim Jong-un ...

Kim Jong Un is believed to have been born in the early 1980s to Kim Jong Il and Ko Yong Hui. His birth year remains unconfirmed by the North Korean government, which is a contrast to how his ...

Lavish celebrations for Kim Jong Il's birthday "Plus, you will travel to North Korea to celebrate one of the biggest holidays, Kim Jong Il's Birthday," the travel agency wrote on its website. The ...