North Korean leader Kim Jong-il , right, and his son Kim Jong Un (3rd R) salute as they watch soldiers attending a military parade in the Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang, Sept. 9, 2011.

Selected by the Soviets to run what was supposed to be a minor puppet regime, Kim Il Sung created his own cult of personality in North Korea.

It was during Kim Il Sung’s rule that North Korea began actively pursuing a nuclear program, laying the groundwork for what would become a central pillar of its strategic doctrine.

In 1956, Mao Zedong was so angry with Kim Il Sung that he told Moscow he might use the 400,000 Chinese troops still in North Korea to “help Kim Il-sung correct his mistakes,” a thinly veiled proposal ...

North Korea hosting Brazil at the Kim Il-Sung Stadium would have been a major geopolitical event. You would have heard about it if it had happened, which it didn’t.

Kim Il-sung, founder of the dynasty, is acknowledged as the author of the anti-American fable "The Butterfly and the Cock," which depicts an angry rooster outwitted by a virtuous butterfly, in an ...

Kim, who inherited power after his father, Kim Il Sung, died in 1994, is part of a dynasty that practically defines North Korea.

The Japanese national was visiting North Korea in time for the commemoration of the "Day of the Sun," April 15, which is founder Kim Il Sung 's birthday.

The upcoming drama 'The Fiery Priest 2,' starring Kim Nam Gil, Honey Lee, and Kim Sung Kyun, is set to premiere on November 8. The first season received a peak viewership rating of 22.0 percent ...

Education: Kim Il Sung University, Pyongyang, degree in political economy, 1960s Other Facts: Was sometimes called the “Dear Leader.” ...

Massive 70ft tall models of Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather towered over the North Korean dictator during an official assembly this week. The models of the country's founder Kim Il Sung and ...

“There can be little doubt,” writes Fyodor Tertitskiy, that Kim Il Sung “is the darkest figure in all of Korea’s history.” If this Lord of Darkness has any competition at all, it comes ...