When the fire broke out, the mother was reportedly unable to save the portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital.

“Kim Jong Un’s portrait hung alongside those of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il is a clear message to the wider domestic public that he is now on the same level as the two late leaders,” said ...

The files reveal that one US diplomat even called Kim Jong-il “goofy” while a Russian expert predicted that he would lose ...

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

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

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 ...

1, 2023, shows a mosaic portrait featuring North Korean Kim ... to take an oath of allegiance on Feb. 16, the birthday of Kim Jong-il, the late father of the incumbent leader, and April 15 ...

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 ...