North Korea has begun celebrations for the anniversary of late former leader Kim Jong-il's birthday, a national holiday, by ...

though the birthdays of late state founder Kim Il-sung and his successor, Kim Jong-il, have been marked as national holidays. The Rodong Sinmun, a North Korean newspaper catering to the general ...

North Korea's state television aired footage of a musical show marking the birthday of founding father Kim Il Sung, which ended ... by David Ibekwe More from Politics A triangle pointing right ...

It's the late leader Kim Jong Il's birthday celebrations ... a professor at London’s SOAS University, who lived in North Korea for two years. “Not just for oil, but basic technology like ...

In his 10 years at the helm of North Korea since his father’s death, Kim Jong Un, 37, has secured the same absolute power enjoyed by Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, the current leader’s ...

PYONGYANG, June 20. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been awarded with the Kim Il Sung Order, North Korea’s higher state decoration, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.