The Kim family has ruled North Korea since 1948. Photos show Kim Jong Un's relatives, from his grandfather to his daughter, ...

Wonsan-Kalma—which boasts 5km of beaches, cinemas, shopping malls, restaurants and 54 hotels—opened to North Koreans on July ...

North Korea is set to treble the number of its troops fighting for Russia along the front lines with Ukraine, sending an ...

Lee Young-guk was bodyguard to the late Kim Jong Il for 10 years until just before he took control of North Korea. He says he went through very similar training before he was considered fit to ...

The 10th anniversary of the death of North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Il should focus global attention on the brutal rule of his son Kim Jong Un, Human Rights Watch said today. Kim Jong Il ...

Reuters. When North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il died of a coronary this weekend after 17 years in power, the homuncular tyrant left his country much as he found it -- poor and desperately hungry.

Kim Jong-un’s first ten years as North Korea’s leader were marked by economic failures, halting nuclear diplomacy, ... Kim Jong-il, had appointed to aid his transition to leadership.

Kim Jong Il, right, and his son Kim Jong Un attend a military parade to mark the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang,North Korea, on Oct. 10, 2010. Vincent Yu / AP, file ...

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il has died of apparent heart failure. He was 69. In a "special broadcast" Monday from the North Korean capital, state media said Kim died on a train due to a "great ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Korea announced the death of supreme leader Kim Jong Il and urged its people to rally behind his young son and heir-apparent Monday, while ...