IN 1948, North Korea was founded by Kim Il-sung, which he ruled until his death in 1994. After his death, his son, Kim Jong-il became leader of the communist state, which is currently ruled by his ...

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 ...

Dec. 19. 2011: Hundreds of North Koreans gather to mourn the death of their leader Kim Jong Il in front of a giant statue of his father Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea's news ...

Kim Il Sung's son and political successor, Kim Jong Il, never claimed the title of "Great President," presumably out of deference to his father. Upon his death in 2012, Kim Jong Il was written ...

Kim Jong-un visits the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the anniversary of the death of President Kim Il-sung Reuters Twenty years ago today, North Korean founder Kim Il-sung died at the age of 82 ...

Hundreds of thousands of people starved to death in the mid-1990s ... crystal meth for headaches. But the Kim family dynasty, begun by Kim Il-sung in 1948, has been stunningly successful in ...

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un marked the 10th anniversary of the death of leader Kim Jong ... before giant statues of Kim Jong Il and his father, Kim Il Sung, who ruled for 46 years.

late President Kim Il Sung. But with Kim Jong Il's sudden death and the ascension of his young son Kim Jong Un, North Korea's image artisans will have to do it all at warp speed. Founder Kim Il ...

Reporting from Beijing — Chu Sung-ha says he knows for sure that some of the people shown sobbing on television over the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il are faking it. Once, he was one ...

It is 20 years since the death of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung. Peace campaigner Dr Antonio Betancourt was in Pyongyang during the outpouring of national grief. Show more It is 20 ...

People in Pyongyang pay their respects before statues of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Dec. 16, to mark the 10-year anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il, the ...