Dec 20, 2011 · The outpouring of grief in North Korea after the passing of Kim Jong-il has been fervent and widespread. So are the people sincerely feeling this loss or are they behaving as they think they...

Dec 22, 2011 · North Korea is saturated with state propaganda and little else. Outside radio signals are jammed, while radios blasting state messages are installed in every home and impossible to turn off.

Dec 17, 2021 · North Koreans have been banned from laughing for 11 days as the totalitarian country commemorates the 10-year anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Un’s father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il.

Elsewhere in Pyongyang hundreds of tearful North Koreans filed solemnly past an imposing portrait of the two former leaders. Their sorrow seemed unrestrained, as they absorbed the news that Kim...

Dec 10, 2023 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was seen shedding a tear during a recent broadcast of a speech on state media, marking one of several times the dictator has cried in front of his citizens.

Dec 21, 2011 · SEOUL, South Korea — Among countless mourners at a public square in North Korea, the kneeling middle-aged man in an off-white windbreaker stands out. The state broadcaster’s camera zooms in...

Dec 19, 2011 · “Father!” mourners cried. A wailing woman pounded her fist against her chest to signify heartache. Some appeared to go into physical convulsions. Other North Koreans sobbed so hard, they barely...

Images on television have shown North Koreans in a constant state of mourning since their 'Dear Leader,' Kim Jong-Il, passed away of a heart attack. However, some North Koreans who have...

Dec 19, 2011 · The pictures today from North Korea—the ones the regime has let the world see—make for a catalogue of public crying, a phenomenon that a number of writers have tried to understand this...

Dec 22, 2011 · Since Kim Jong Il’s death was announced on Monday, many people have marveled at the mourning scenes featured on North Korean state television, made viral on the Internet: North Koreans...