North Korean state TV aired footage showing Kim Jong Un placing a flag on a soldier’s coffin who was reportedly killed while ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) visits the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2024, marking the 13th anniversary of his father Kim Jong-il's death, in this photo released by the ...

When his father, Kim Jong Il, died in 2011, many hoped the baby-faced heir would be the great reformer that would lead the country from half-starved Stalinist darkness, to the U.S.-friendly light.

In this Oct. 4, 2007, file photo, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, left, holds hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il after exchanging joint declaration documents in Pyongyang, North Korea.

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 28, 2011 -- Tens of thousands of Pyongyang residents bid an emotional farewell to their late leader Kim Jong Il as a black hearse drove through snow-covered streets.