Yonhap News Agency on MSN16d
(LEAD) N. Korea's Kim stresses 'ideology-first' principle for military during university visit
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a military and political university and emphasized the "ideology-first" principle and loyalty in building a powerful military, the North's state media ...
Korea JoongAng Daily on MSN15d
North Korea's Kim Jong-un says arms without ideology just 'ironware' during university visit
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited Kim Il Sung University of Politics on the 80th anniversary of its founding, stressing ...
朝日新聞社2y
INTERVIEW/ Ex-interpreter for Kim Il Sung: North Korea will likely continue as East Asia’s major troublemaker
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 ...
Reuters17d
North Korea's Kim says weapons without ideology are 'ironware', driving home military loyalty
Kim's remarks at the Kim Il Sung University of Politics come at a time of political uncertainties at home with many of the more than its 10,000 troops fighting for Russia against Ukraine ...
The Daily Telegraph1mon
How North Korea became hell on earth – thanks to one man
Kim Il-sung ruined the economy, hoarded power and saw his countrymen slaughtered, as Fyodor Tertitskiy’s Accidental Tyrant reveals On October 14 1945, a crowd in Pyongyang gathered to hear an ...
The Financial Times24d
Accidental Tyrant — the making of the darkest figure in Korean history
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Our era of powerful dictators and authoritarian presidents is a good time to learn more about North Korea ...