The first tour is set to take place Feb. 12 to 18, when major celebrations are planned for the birthday of the country's late ...

He was allowed to return to Pyongyang only after Kim Jong Il became confident that he had full control over the country. For nearly 30 years until his death, Kim Yong Ju had never made public ...

February 16, known as the "Day of the Shining Star" in North Korea, commemorates the birthday of Kim Jong Il, who died in ...

North Korea has begun celebrations for the anniversary of late former leader Kim Jong-il's birthday, a national holiday, by opening a commemorative photo exhibition, according to state media on ...

Tour operators said in January that the North would reopen Rason, a city on the border with China, to foreign tourists, five ...

The leader of a Jewish delegation to North Korea in 2008 and 2009 says the transition period following Kim Jong Il’s death represents an opportunity for the West. WASHINGTON (JTA ...

The birthday of former ruler Kim Jong Il – father of current leader Kim ... to the North after the imprisonment and subsequent death of student Otto Warmbier in 2017. North Korea shut its ...