A fusion of authoritarianism, isolationism, and GenAI could create a new political phenomenon: the synthetic sovereign.

The U.S. will hold a rare military display in Washington D.C. soon. The motives of countries that stage military parades vary, but the spectacles all tend to share a common visual vocabulary.

Donald Trump's cabinet members praised him one by one on Wednesday which Ann Coulter called 'Kim Jong il-style tributes'. As President Donald Trump held the cabinet meeting on Wednesday ...

Kim’s emphasis on Chongryon is distinct from that of his father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il. In the early years of that Kim’s administration, Chongryon was a priority, as it had been during ...

North Koreans are required to wear pins with images of the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung, or his son Kim Jong Il. Now the current leader is expanding his own personality cult.

North Korean state media on Sunday published photos showing top officials wearing pins featuring the portrait Kim Jong Un, the country's powerful leader, for the first time, in a symbolic move ...

Kim Il-sung then was 58 years old. Kim Jong-il’s pin was introduced in 1992, when he was 50. By then, he had cemented his status as heir and was running the country together with his ailing father.

Few question current leader Kim Jong Un’s hold on power, but few images honoring the 40-year-old have been displayed in public since he took power in late 2011 upon his father’s death.

Seoul: North Korean officials wore pins with a portrait of Kim Jong Un in public for the first time in pictures released by state media on Sunday, the latest step in the development of a cult of ...

North Korean officials wore pins with a portrait of Kim Jong Un in public for the first time in pictures released by state media on Sunday, the latest step in the development of a cult of ...

On the wall near the classroom’s chalkboard hung three portraits: one of Mr. Kim’s grandfather Kim Il-sung, and his father, Kim Jong-il, and a third portrait: That of the youngest Kim.

Homes and public offices must display portraits of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, but including a portrait of the current lead had not been required until now.