North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears to have skipped a visit to the family mausoleum on the birth anniversary of his grandfather and national founder Kim Il-sung as North Korean media on Wednesday ...

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 ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent 287.02 million yen ($2.01 million) in educational aid and scholarships to the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, also known as Chongryon, to mark ...

The drills took place on the 113th anniversary of the birthday of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung. North Korea regards joint military exercise between the US and South Korea as a rehearsal for ...

This assessment was given by Ko Young-hwan, the former deputy head ... an interpreter of French for the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung. Ko cited recent news reports from the reclusive state ...

The marathon was one of a series of events organised to celebrate the birthday on 15 April of Kim Il Sung, the country’s founder and grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un. Other pictures run ...

The marathon, which was launched in 1981, took place annually in April to celebrate the birth of its founding leader Kim Il Sung North Korea has held the Pyongyang International Marathon for the ...

For most people, the names Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il and Kim Il-sung can mean only three men. But what's it like growing up in South Korea with the same name as a North Korean leader? Video by ...