Kim Jong Il, North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung’s son and heir-designate, wanted to give his father a special present on his 80th birthday in 1992. He decided on a quilt made from sparrow feat… ...

He bears more than a passing resemblance to his grandfather, Kim Il Sung, the first leader of North Korea — a fact many analysts believe he plays up for his benefit, wearing 1950s-style ...

Kim started wearing it after his father, dictator Kim Il Sung, died in 1994, and it apparently never went out of style, even though it became "threadbare and discolored," we are told. There's not ...

Kim Il Sung, who remains the nation's "eternal President," is also commonly called the "Great ... young women in traditional Korean dresses and men in Western-style suits danced to the song, ...

Kim Il Sung, they had been convinced, ... Soviet-style attempt at a cover-up; and it said Kim Jong Il would head the committee arranging his father's July 17 funeral ...

As an adult, the state news agency assured the people his fashion sense was admired in Paris. Both Kim Il-sung and his son have flowers named after them, an orchid and begonia respectively, the ...

He also ditched a lapel pin he nearly always wears above his heart, depicting his predecessors Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. The outfit was likely selected to portray a "softer, more relaxed image ...

Serving North Korean-style cuisine, however, is perfectly legal in South Korea. Many are currently in operation within Seoul, but, unlike the Pyongyang Pub, they don’t brandish portraits of ...

North Korea has released a line of shirts for men that it claims can be eaten to "avoid starvation" if necessary.. Alek Sigley, an Australian graduate student at Kim Il Sung University in the ...

Kim Yong Ju, the younger brother of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung who was once regarded as the country’s No. 2 official before his nephew was anointed as the next ruler, has died, state media ...

Kim Yong Ju, the younger brother of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, has died, according to state media. Kim Yong Yu was regarded as being the country's second most powerful figure before his ...