Kim didn’t even tell his father about Sung’s existence. Not long after the two began living together, Kim Il Sung ordered his son to marry Kim Young Sook, the daughter of a high-ranking ...

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Kim Young-Shik looks like the leader of his enemy country, North Korea. Up until the late-founder of the world's most secretive state, Kim Il-Sung, had passed away in July 1994, average South ...

Kim Jong Il at Kim Il Sung's funeral in 1994. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Images Given his mythological status, it was unclear who would rule the country next.

When Kim Il Sung’s heart stopped beating exactly 20 years ago — on July 8, 1994 — the propagandists didn’t let the mere fact of his death get in the way. The 82-year-old founder of the ...

REPORTING FROM SEOUL –- At age 74, Kim Young-soon has every reason to dance on Kim Jong Il’s grave. The North Korean dictator destroyed her life, and killed her family.

They were supposed to be a top-secret assassination squad tasked with attacking the residence of North Korea’s then-leader Kim Il Sung. But South Korea’s “Unit 684,” created in 1968 ...

People in Pyongyang pay their respects before statues of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Dec. 16, to mark the 10-year anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il, the ...

Kim Pyong-il was born on August 10 th, 1954 to Kim Il-sung’s second wife, Kim Song-ae.He was named after an earlier child of the same name who drowned in Pyongyang.According to comments made by ...

“Kim Il Sung is at the core of North Korea’s value system,” says ... young Kim announced a “new strategic line,” saying he will simultaneously rebuild his country’s economy and expand ...

His father, Kim Jong Il, ruled from 1993-2011 and his father, Kim Il Sung, led from 1948-1994. This photo shows a 5000 won note a man smuggled out of North Korea in his sock.

They were supposed to be a top-secret assassination squad tasked with attacking the residence of North Korea's then-leader Kim Il Sung. But South Korea's "Unit 684," created in 1968 following a ...