Before defecting to South Korea in 1991, Ko was a diplomat in Pyongyang who served as an interpreter of French for the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung. Ko cited recent news reports from the ...

She was photographed standing in front of her father at one point during a visit to the air force headquarters in November, with both Kims wearing sunglasses ... founder Kim Il Sung died in ...

Questions surround the early days of Kim Il-sung and his dynasty. 102-year-old Professor Kim Hyung-suk came from the same village, and met him as he was starting out on his rise to power.

Some local reports have said the masks resembled Kim Il-sung, the country's first leader and the grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un. Conservative groups in South Korea said this was an ...

This documentary is based on the true story of North Korean orphans who were sent to Eastern Europe in the 1950's. While South Korean orphans moved to Europe and the United States through ...

foreigners know that whereas Kim Jong-il was the first legitimate son of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-un is merely the second son of one his father’s favored mistresses, Ko Yong-hi. Thus, the younger Kim may ...

both wearing sunglasses. Kim Jong Un himself adopted the hairstyle, dress, mannerisms, public speaking style and even handwriting of his grandfather Kim Il Sung, the founder of the North.

Kim Il Sung led his country from its founding in 1948, through the 1950-53 Korean War, until he died in 1994 and his son Kim Jong Il took over. News Today's news ...

At this time, Kim also began to be referred to as the "Dear Leader" not to be confused with his father, Kim Il Sung, the "Great Leader." Finally, in 1991, he was named the supreme commander of the ...

succeeding his father Kim Jong Il, and the leader of the Workers’ Party of Korea since 2012. He is the youngest of three sons of Kim Jong Il and Ko Young Hui. Kim Yo Jong is Kim Jong Un’s only ...

In a separate report, KCNA said Kim visited the Kim Il Sung Military University, named after his grandfather and state founder, to mark the anniversary of the founding of the revolutionary army ...

Dr. Sung Shin Kim spent more than a decade helping build the East Asian studies program at the University of North Georgia (UNG). When she was hired in 2008, Kim was one of a few faculty members who ...