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 ...

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.

North Korea on Monday heaped praise on state founder Kim Il-sung, recalling his leadership as flawless as the country marks the 31st anniversary of the late leader's death this week.

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.

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.

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 ...

Biographies abound of Hitler, Stalin and Mao, but those of Kim are hard to come by: “Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader,” by Suh Dae-sook, was the last good one, published in 1988, six years ...