This image shows statues of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung (L) and Kim Jong-il, the founder's successor and son. (Yonhap) N ...

Unit 684 was supposed to be a top-secret assassination squad tasked with attacking the residence of North Korea’s then leader Kim Il Sung. But the 1968 experiment to create a crack team of would ...

(Seoul, April 13, 2016) – As North Korea prepares to celebrate the birthday of the country’s late founder and perpetual president Kim Il-Sung on April 15, the world should urgently demand an ...

Kim Il Sung was a man who told his people what to think, where to go, what to wear, what to eat, whom to marry, whom to shun, whom to worship and whom to anathematize (both at home and abroad).

1912: Kim Il Sung is born. [1948: Kim Il Sung becomes the leader of North Korea upon its founding] April 1, 1984: North Korea tests its first ballistic, Scud-type missile. April 14, 1992: North ...

Identify the core characteristics of Kim Il Sung’s legacy. In the book, I argue that the order Kim Il Sung built was based on six pillars: cult, control, secrecy, hierarchy, exploitation, and ...

Kim Jong Il at Kim Il Sung's funeral in 1994. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Images Given his mythological status, it was unclear who would rule the country next.

Reporting from Seoul — In 1967, Kim Young-soon was a dancer in Pyongyang, North Korea, when her best friend visited with crazy news. “I’m going to live in the 5th House,” announced Sung ...

They were supposed to be a top-secret assassination squad tasked with attacking the residence of North Korea's then-leader Kim Il Sung. But South Korea's "Unit 684," created in 1968 following a ...