The drills took place on the 113th anniversary of the birthday of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung. North Korea regards joint military exercise between the US and South Korea as a rehearsal for ...

“There can be little doubt,” writes Fyodor Tertitskiy, that Kim Il Sung “is the darkest figure in all of Korea’s history.” If this Lord of Darkness has any competition at all, it comes ...

The death of Kim Il-sung on July 8, 1994, sent the international diplomatic community scrambling to predict the future of the reclusive state, as well as who would be the next in line to rule ...

His grandfather Kim Il Sung was the first, and he started an unusual dynastic succession. Photos show how the mysterious, powerful family has ruled the country for decades. Kim Jong Un became the ...

The Singular Thought System, introduced in 1967, forbade any deviation from Kim’s ideas. It went hand in hand with increasing militarisation in pursuit of nuclear weapons, and gross ...

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 ...

In June 1994, the former US president arrived for talks in Pyongyang with then leader Kim Il-sung. It was unprecedented, marking the first time a former or sitting US president had visited.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a mausoleum for his father Kim Jong-il and grandfather Kim Il-sung on Tuesday, to pay tribute to his father. State media images showed Kim at the Kumsusan ...

MANILA, Philippines — Kim Hye-soo and Jung Sung-il lead the cast of the upcoming Korean thriller show "Unmasked" on Disney+ about an investigative news team in turmoil. A synopsis for the series ...

SEOUL, Dec 18 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday visited a mausoleum for his late father and grandfather Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung to pay tribute to his father, state media ...

For instance, North-South reunification was Kim Il Sung’s stated goal since the founding of the country in 1948. The Korean War was an attempt to forcibly reunify North and South, and when that ...