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

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

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

Both his birthday and that of late national founder Kim Il-sung, on April 15, are observed as national holidays in North Korea. The exhibition displayed photos and videos of not only Kim Jong-il ...

North Korea founder Kim Il Sung. Kim Jong Un is the third generation of his family to rule North Korea, and he hadn’t missed the April 15 event, one of the year’s most important for the North ...

The country was even founded with the help of the former Soviet Union. Under the leadership of Kim Il Sung, the state ravaged by the 1950-1953 Korean War was rebuilt thanks to Soviet aid.

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

On February 3, 2025, Xports News reported that South Korean actor Kim ... order. Continuing his trajectory of taking on challenging roles, he starred in The Night Owl (2022). In 2024, Kim Sung ...

One witness said that Kim reminded them of a Chinese waiter. Born Kim Song-ju, he took the name "Il-sung" as a war nickname [according to the guerre] about a decade earlier, when his armed resistance ...

Korean People’s Army (KPA) soldiers pay their respects to the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il ahead of the 27th anniversary of the death of Kim Il Sung, at Mansu Hill ...