The history of famous dictators is filled with bizarre claims and personal myths. From Idi Amin and Kim Jong Il to Vladimir Putin, Yahya Jammeh, and Papa Doc Duvalier, famous dictators have used the ...

It may be small and petty, but these changes are part of the erosion of democratic norms, softening people up for potentially ...

Opinion: When public spaces glorify the ruler, dissent is silenced, and history is rewritten, it's the end of America as we ...

The Kimist regime—now led by his grandson Kim Jong Un—“remains unyielding ... risking harsh imprisonment; must display portraits of Kim Il Sung and his successors in every home; and can ...

Kim Jong Un is the third member of the Kim family to serve as leader of North Korea. His grandfather Kim Il Sung was the first, and he started an unusual dynastic succession. Photos show how the ...

The pins are part of a state-sponsored mythology surrounding the Kim family which treats Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il like gods ... s main holidays and their portraits are hung in all homes ...

North Korean media published photographs showing his portrait hanging prominently next to those of Kim Jong-il and national patriarch Kim Il-sung earlier this year.

For the first time, photos released by Pyongyang’s state news agency KCNA showed the dictator’s portrait hung next to those of his father, Kim Jong Il, and grandfather Kim Il Sung.

Photos released by official media Wednesday showed Kim speaking to ... Training School under the portraits of himself, state founder Kim Il Sung and his father Kim Jong Il. The school will serve ...

Almost all homes and public offices in North Korea must have portraits of Kim’s father Kim Jong-il and grandfather Kim Il-sung, but featuring that of the younger Kim hadn’t yet been a ...

Homes and public offices must display portraits of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, but including a portrait of the current lead had not been required until now.