My poem, “Spring Rests on the Gun Barrel of the Lord,” was written in the voice of a South Korean poet who, ... Writing helped me join Kim Jong-il's inner circle—until I committed treason.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is releasing songs and poems praising leader Kim Jong Il's youngest son as part of efforts to groom him as his father's successor, South Korea's spy chief w ...

North Korea on Monday heaped praise on state founder Kim Il-sung, recalling his leadership as flawless as the country marks ...

While the world believed that Kim Jong-il was anointed his father’s successor, internal documents showed that the younger Kim had wrestled power from his dad, the country’s godhead and Supreme ...

August 20, 2011 – Kim Jong Il travels to eastern Russia. He meets with President Dmitry Medvedev in Buryatia. December 17, 2011 – Dies at the age of 69, reportedly of a heart attack.

CNN Library (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of the late Kim Jong Il, former Leader of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Details of his life were mysterious and varied from source to ...

My mother tongue – the one that I learned to read write, think in and understand the world through – was the language of our Revolutionary History. Even when I turned to novels or poetry, whatever ...

Photograph by Richard Cannon. As a state-appointed poet laureate, Jang Jin Sung reached the pinnacle of elite life in North Korea. He spent his days writing epic poems for dictator Kim Jong Il ...

Foreigners scrutinised the seven pallbearers at Kim Jong Il's funeral in 2011, but none held real power, Mr Jang says. "Dear Leader", which includes three personal poems, is a testament to Mr Jang ...

Just before Kim Jong Il died, ... More than 100 poems had been written in Kim's honor in the past two days, KCNA said, with titles like "Rise Up, ...

August 20, 2011 – Kim Jong Il travels to eastern Russia. He meets with President Dmitry Medvedev in Buryatia. December 17, 2011 – Dies at the age of 69, reportedly of a heart attack.

Kim Jong Un is also named as vice chairman of the party’s central military commission. August 20, 2011 – Kim Jong Il travels to eastern Russia. He meets with President Dmitry Medvedev in Buryatia.