He was selected as the leader from among the relatives of Kim Il Sung, who are collectively referred to as the Mount Paektu bloodline. His father, Kim Jong Il, was a son of Kim Il Sung ...

Mount Paektu, an active volcano and the highest ... It is also steeped in political significance, as North Korea’s founder, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Un’s grandfather, used it as a hideout while ...

According to a Straits Times report, Kim Il Sung fought against the Japanese occupation forces on Mount Paektu. North Koreans are led to believe that Kim Jong Il, the father of the country’s ...

Mount Paektu, an active stratovolcano straddling ... according to North Korean legend. Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founder and Kim Jong Un’s grandfather, purportedly used the mountain as ...