A Kim Il Sung University graduate surprised his friends by prioritizing career prospects over his long-term love.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited Kim Il Sung University of Politics on the 80th anniversary of its founding, stressing that "arms without ideology are little short of ironware," according to ...

Ryongchon officials recently met to implement Kim Jong Un's ban on collecting unofficial fees for political events.

Contrary to what its apologists claim, North Korea owes its existence to the Russians, who declared war on Japan two days ...

Former Vice Chair Jeong Seung-yoon of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission registered as a candidate for the 4·2 ...

Cheong Seong-chang, director of the Center for Korean Peninsula Strategy at the Sejong Institute, is a longtime observer of North Korea and has closely followed the reclusive regime's two previous ...

He said that in Rason, they visited factories, shops, schools and the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, the late grandfather and father of current leader Kim Jong Un. “Since January of 2020, the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Our era of powerful dictators and authoritarian presidents is a good time to learn more about North Korea ...

Birth place: Sources vary between Khabarovsk, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/Siberia and Mount Paektu, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Father: Kim Il Sung, former president of ...