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 ...

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 ...

Would Kim ever do that? Central to his governance is his grandfather Kim Jong Il’s juche ... associate professor of North Korea studies at the U.K.’s University of Central Lancashire.

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 ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, state media reported Sunday, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office ...

2024 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Kim Jong Un inspecting the live artillery firing by graduates of O Jin U Artillery Academy at an undisclosed location in North Korea. AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un turned 40 on Monday with ... and powerful weapons capable of targeting the U.S. and South Korea. Kim Il Sung’s birthday was designated as an official holiday ...

It's the late leader Kim Jong Il's birthday celebrations ... The University of Virginia student was returned to the U.S. in a coma the following year and died shortly afterwards.

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 ...

Almost all homes and public offices in North Korea must have portraits of Kim’s father Kim Jong Il and grandfather Kim ... arsenal has drawn punishing U.S.-led sanctions, which together with ...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered unspecified steps ... weapons technologies and economic aid. The U.S., South Korea and their partners have warned that Russia and ...