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 ...
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‘Don’t worry. I am still in charge’
The idea of a sudden change in the North was first raised in 1994 — shortly after the death of Kim Il Sung in the post-Cold .
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 ...