Kim Jong-il bans Japanese cars in North Korea. If one of us were a bat-crazy dictator, we’d have all sorts of fun issuing nonsensical edicts and impossible-to-follow commands like “Increase ...

The funeral of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il triggered a suitably elaborate procession in Pyongyang. Immense crowds in the tens of thousands braved freezing temperatures to bid the leader ...

The funeral of Kim Jong-il made for a big story internationally, but in true Autoblog fashion, we were just as interested in the classic cars that figured prominently in the procession. Of ...

She said the cars were probably chosen because they were previously used in the funeral of Kim Il-sung, who was Kim Jong-il's father and the founding president of North Korea and who died in 1994.

Kim’s grandfather, Kim Il-sung, who first ruled North Korea, is said to have loved his ZIS Soviet limousine, while the dictator’s father, Kim Jong-il, was a Mercedes-Benz fan. Advertisement ...

Kim Jong Il in the lavish dining car during a 2011 video. SPTV. The train's conference room, seen in the same 2011 video, is clad in dark, rich wood.

Since Kim's death by car crash, North Korean elites may be more wary of ... His frequency of accompanying the leader had increased under Kim Jong Un's reign as compared with the era of Kim Jong Il.

North Korean official Choe Ryong Hae called Kim Jong Il, who ruled for 17 years, “the parent of our people” who built up the potentials for the country’s military and economic might.

In 2009, the Chosun media outlet in South Korea published details on the train used by Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, and estimated that its engine pulled around 90 cars behind it.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il toured a hydroelectric plant Sunday as his train traveled through Russia's Far East on his first visit to the Cold War-era ally in nine years. IE 11 is not supported.

Kim Jong Un seems to have a new ride. The young North Korean leader arrived in what appeared to be a black Rolls-Royce at his meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this weekend. Eagle ...