Kim Jong Un is the third member of the Kim family to serve as leader of North Korea. His grandfather Kim Il Sung was the first, and he started an unusual dynastic succession. Photos show how the ...

When North Korea‘s founder Kim Il Sung was alive, he’d celebrate his birthday by imprisoning hundreds of thousands of “ideological offenders” or unveiling a blueprint for a “communist paradise.” His ...

They were supposed to be a top-secret assassination squad tasked with attacking the residence of North Korea's then-leader Kim Il Sung. But South Korea's "Unit 684," created in 1968 following a brazen ...

“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 from his son ...

Tens of thousands of Pyongyang residents bid farewell to their leader. SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 28, 2011— -- Tens of thousands of Pyongyang residents bid an emotional farewell to their late ...

Look-alike takes advantage of his resemblance to North Korean leader. SEOUL, July 17, 2009 -- Fourteen years ago, right after taking a shower, Kim Young-Shik looked into the mirror after blow-drying ...

Bound by his ferocious loyalty to the ruling dynasty, the former head of state enjoyed a decades-long career in Pyongyang ...