Kim Jong Il: 10 weird facts, propaganda AFP/Getty Images 7. Fashion icon. Standing at at 5-foot-3, Kim was a curious figure with his bouffant hairdo, platform shoes and collection of jumpsuits.

Kim Jong-il on a Propaganda poster. Getty Images. But Kim Jong-il rose up through, and consolidated his power within, the nation’s ruling Workers’ Party.

“Kim Jong Il seems to be doing well in governing. He is working on foreign relations and going out for field guidance,” said Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies ...

The propaganda machine in North Korea also worked to build up a caring image for Kim's father, the late Kim Jong Il. He doggedly appeared at tours of factories, farms and military posts.

On Morning Edition today, Steve Inskeep talks with Evan Coleman, who monitors the activities of Al Sahab, the public relations operation of al-Qaida. Their slick videos and Web propaganda derive ...

A Propaganda Tour of Kim Jong-Il's Death. North Korean state media had its work cut out for it Saturday when its dear leader died of an alleged heart attack while traveling on a train.

Kim Jong-il’s different birthday celebrations in North and South Korea dramatize current tensions. For the first time the South's President Lee openly supported groups lofting balloons northward ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Song Byeok spent a half-dozen years painting propaganda art for Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s now-deceased Dear Leader.It was fine work during the Arduous March, the ...

Aired soon after the rotund twenty-something assumed power following the December death of his father, Kim Jong Il, the film is a vintage propaganda piece, building the youngest Kim’s mythic ...

Kim has not been seen in public since April 11, prompting speculation that he may be dead or otherwise incapacitated, or that he is trying to avoid the coronavirus pandemic.

Such murals are often used in North Korea as propaganda tools promoting the authority of the ruling Kim family. It is rare for Kim Jong-un to be placed at the center, as the family is typically ...