When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As the heir apparent to his father, Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong Il was already quite powerful in the ...

In regime propaganda, North Korea claims victory in the Korean War, which it attributes to the leadership of Kim Il Sung, the country’s founder. North Korea treats Chinese troops as little more than ...

One of the most surprising things learned about North Korea’s Kim Jong-il is his passion for movies, reportedly owning more than 20,000 videos and DVDs, and citing Elizabeth Taylor as one of his ...

In the heart of the nation's capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.

Choson Sinbo, the organ of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, highlighted the North Korean film *’72 Hours’*, which was released last year to commemorate the Korean War. The title * ...

When he died in December 2011, Kim Jong-il left behind more than a dynastic regime and a closet full of drab pantsuits. Jong-il, who ruled the hermetic North Korea from his father Kim Il Sung’s death ...

Thirty-one North Korean commandos slipped past American and South Korean sentries on Jan. 17, 1968, cutting through the DMZ ...

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has opened a meeting to prepare for the upcoming ruling party congress, one of the ...