Kim Yong Ju is believed to have been sent by Japan’s police authorities to Manchuria to advise Kim Il Sung to drop his anti-Japan activities and surrender to Tokyo, according to Kang In-duk ...

Contrary to what its apologists claim, North Korea owes its existence to the Russians, who declared war on Japan two days ...

The country has described Kim Il-sung as having fought against Japanese colonialism from the mountain, the highest on the Korean Peninsula. The North also called the mountain the sacred birthplace ...

Kim Il Sung was seen by Moscow as “sufficiently ... coincidences and the timing of the US atomic bombs dropped on Japan propelled him to power. “For the first time, the Pyongyangites heard ...

Kim Il Sung’s birthday was designated as an official ... about bringing unwanted attentions to his mother, Ko Yong Hui, a Japan-born dancer who was known as his father’s third or fourth ...

Born Kim Song-ju, he’d adopted “Il-sung” as his nom de guerre around a decade before, when his armed opposition to Japanese rule and links with Russian and Chinese Communism helped to propel ...

North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-un waves during a visit to a military regiment as officers applaud in this undated photo ...