Compare and contrast Kim Il Sung’s legacy with the legacies of China’s Mao Zedong and the former Soviet Union’s Joseph Stalin. Stalin and Mao’s legacies were largely dismantled by their ...

On June 25, 1950, more than 135,000 North Korean troops invaded South Korea, starting the Korean War that cost millions of ...

Mosaic murals installed at a factory in Pyongyang place current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the center between his ...

The Kim family has ruled North Korea since 1948. Photos show Kim Jong Un's relatives, from his grandfather to his daughter, ...

Kim Nam Hee takes on the role of Kang Jin Sang, while Jung Sung Il plays Lee Shin Yeop—two doctors who, in very different ways, leave a significant impact on Kim Joo No, Lee Dae Gil, and Kim Hye ...

Mosaic murals installed at a factory in Pyongyang place current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the center between his ...

Kim Il-Sung is the ‘darkest figure in all of Korea’s history’ , according to Seoul-based scholar and author Fyodor Tertitskiy. With access to archives from Japan, China and Russia ...

Kim Il Sung in 1984. Wojtek Laski/Getty Images In 1948, Kim Il Sung came to power and served as the country's ruler until his death in 1994. Japan's colonization of Korea deeply affected Kim Il Sung.

Two of Kim Il Sung's children, Kim Jong Il and Kyong Hui, moved to China during the Korean War, away from the fighting. A third child, Kim Man Il, drowned in 1947.

Macias spent 15 years in Pyongyang, having arrived in 1979 at the age of seven alongside her siblings, Maribel and Fran. They were sent by their father, Francisco Macias Nguema – Equatorial Guinea ’s ...

Kim Jong-un has called for enhancing North Korea’s maritime military presence in the Pacific Ocean, citing ‘provocations’ from the US and its allies.