“There can be little doubt,” writes Fyodor Tertitskiy, that Kim Il Sung “is the darkest figure in all of Korea’s history.” If this Lord of Darkness has any competition at all, it comes ...

His grandfather Kim Il Sung was the first, and he started an unusual dynastic succession. Photos show how the mysterious, powerful family has ruled the country for decades. Kim Jong Un became the ...

Kim Jong Un, the Chairman of the Workers' Party of North Korea, paid tribute at Kim Il Sung Square in commemoration of Kim Jong Il's birthday after four years. On the same day, Kim Jong Un ...

Kim Sung Kyun plays Goo Dae Young, showcasing deep chemistry with priest Kim Hae Il (Kim Nam Gil). In this season, Goo Dae Young assists Kim Hae Il with greater precision and excitement than before.

nearly all private homes and public offices must display portraits of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung side by side, but including a portrait of the younger Kim had not been a requirement. It remains ...

The communist government approved an amendment to the national constitution in 1998, declaring Kim Il Sung the "eternal president" and abolishing the office. "Under the leadership of the Workers ...

Jung Sung Il of hit drama “The Glory” has posed for Dazed Korea! Penned by hit writer Kim Eun Sook, Netflix’s “The Glory” tells the story of a former victim of brutal school violence who ...

Kim was pictured waving from a balcony looking over Kim Il Sung Square, where thousands of people carrying red plastic flowers and floats with political slogans marched below in a choreographed ...

At the age of 14, Kim Il-sung joined an underground Marxist group created by a local illegal organization of the Communist Youth League of China. In 1929, he was arrested by the Manchurian police ...

Kim hoped for a loan worth $40 million to $50 million, which Stalin said he would pay in rubles, but Kim demanded the loan in U.S. dollars. He eventually got the loan in rubles, to purchase goods from ...