Kim’s emphasis on Chongryon is distinct from that of his father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il. In the early years of that ...

Kim Il-sung ruined the economy, hoarded power and saw his countrymen slaughtered, as Fyodor Tertitskiy’s Accidental Tyrant ...

The Year of the Snake is here - and millions across Asia and the world are welcoming it, with family, friends, prayers and plenty of food. The Lunar New Year, which coincides with ...

This changed in 2003, when Kim Jong Il designated it a public holiday as ... They are expected to start the day laying flowers at statues and portraits of the former leaders.

Thus, instead of Christmas, they celebrate the birthday of Kim Jong Il's mother, and instead of Valentine's Day ... taken out of the house is not the children or the elderly, but the portrait of the ...

For the first time in over five years, foreign tourists can now visit North Korea, just in time for late leader Kim Jong Il's ...

North Korea has begun celebrations for the anniversary of late former leader Kim Jong-il's birthday, a national holiday, by ...

Koryo Tours opens bookings for North Korean border city trips to celebrate Kim Jong Il's birthday post-pandemic.

A tour operator said Monday it had opened bookings for trips to a North Korean border city to celebrate former leader Kim Jong Il's birthday, offering foreign tourists the first chance to visit ...