Here is a look at the life of the late Kim Jong Il, former Leader of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Details of his life were mysterious and varied from source to source. Personal:Birth date: ...
October 2, 2007 – Roh Moo Hyun, President of South Korea, meets with Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. September 9, 2008 – According to US and South Korean intelligence, Kim Jong Il has been suffering ...
The compound contains buildings for Kim Jong Il, his late wife Ko Yong-hui, his sister Kim Kyong-hui and his brother-in-law Jang Sung-taek. The area is mostly used as a summer residence, to spend ...
In North Korea, televisions are manipulated to broadcast only state-controlled content, glorifying the Kim dynasty. Defector Timothy Cho unveils the extent of the media control, explaining that all ...
Cheong Seong-chang, director of the Center for Korean Peninsula Strategy at the Sejong Institute, is a longtime observer of ...
Among the millions of divided families, most have died. Of the 134,000 South Koreans who signed ... North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, the son of Kim Jong-il, had agreed on that final reunion after a ...
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 ...
SEOUL, Feb 26 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for building a strong ... This week Kim also visited the Kim Il Sung University of Politics, another elite cadre training ...
Rights groups say Pyongyang imposed excessive and unnecessary measures during pandemic that made ‘already isolated country ...