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 ... Excerpts of the interview follow ...

Biographies abound of Hitler, Stalin and Mao, but those of Kim are hard to come by: “Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader,” by Suh Dae-sook, was the last good one, published in 1988, six years ...

South Korean actor Kim Eui-sung, who stars in the new movie "Lobby," speaks during a publicity event in Seoul on March 4, ...