Mount Paektu in 2017. Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founder and Kim Jong Un’s grandfather, purportedly used the mountain as a hideout when fighting Japanese occupation.

Mount Paektu in 2017. Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founder and Kim Jong Un’s grandfather, purportedly used the mountain as a hideout when fighting Japanese occupation.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was all smiles after scaling to the top of a 9,000-foot-tall mountain ... The tubby tyrant trudged “through thick snow” to the top of Mount Paektu, ...

Mount Paektu, site of one of ... Scientists know little about Mount Paektu because most of the mountain lies in North Korea, ... More than 1,000 years ago Mount Paektu blew its top, ...

At least he kept his shirt on. North Korea on Wednesday released a series of photos of leader Kim Jong Un riding a majestic white horse to the top of the peninsula’s highest mountain, a move … ...

The ‘Mount Paektu bloodline’ The mountain was the birthplace of Dangun, ... Moon, who stood at the top clutching Kim’s hand alongside their wives, called the visit the realization of a dream.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pose for photographs on the top of Mt. Paektu, North Korea, Sept. 20, 2018. ... a caldera at the top of the mountain, ...

Kim Jong Un is seen atop Mt. Paektu in North Korea, in images released by state media April 19, 2015. ... Kim climbed to the top of the country’s highest mountain at dawn Saturday, ...

Official pictures show the dictator atop the immaculate equine after apparently riding it up the 2,750 metres of Mt Paektu. Both the mountain, and the images of white horses, are deeply associated ...

Mount Paektu in 2017. Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founder and Kim Jong Un’s grandfather, purportedly used the mountain as a hideout when fighting Japanese occupation.

Mount Paektu, an active stratovolcano straddling the border of North Korea and China, is the highest peak on the Korean peninsula and lies at the heart of North Korea’s foundation myth.