In the late 1990s, Jang Jin-sung was North Korea’s state poet laureate and a spy. He reached the pinnacle of his charmed life in 1999 when he met the "Dear Leader," Kim Jong Il, at the age of ...

Tuesday's flyover of the U.S. bombers could draw an angrier response because it happened when North Korea was marking a key anniversary - the 113th birthday of state founder Kim Il Sung ...

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 ... mismanagement and U.N. sanctions ...

Obtaining reliable intelligence about North Korea’s nuclear progress has been particularly difficult since 2003, when Kim Jong Il kicked U.N. nuclear inspectors out of the country. At the time ...