Kim Jong-il was born in 1941 in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye. He would follow his father Kim Il-sung as the second ...

This dichotomy is particularly troubling today, Kim's 69th birthday. (Or is it his 70th?) With Kim reportedly in poor health and a succession plan that looks murky at best, purely laughing at the over ...

North Korea announced today that Kim Jong-il's body will be put on permanent display in Kumsusan Memorial Palace, lying beside the body of his father, for all to see. After his death in 1994, North ...

In 1978, South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee was abducted and taken to Pyongyang—on Kim Jong Il’s personal orders. Her mission?

The habit wasn’t unique to Jong-Un. His half-brother, Kim Jong-Nam, attempted to visit Tokyo Disneyland in 2001 using a fake Dominican Republic passport while traveling with his wife, young son, and a ...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has brought his young daughter on his most significant foreign trip in years, a trip to China that marks his latest attempt to break out of ...

The North Korean leader brought a potential heir to Beijing, on a bulletproof train that’s something of a family heirloom. A train believed to be carrying Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, approached ...