Here is a look at the life of the late Kim Jong Il, former Leader of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Details of his life were mysterious and varied from source to source. Personal:Birth date: ...

In North Korea, televisions are manipulated to broadcast only state-controlled content, glorifying the Kim dynasty. Defector Timothy Cho unveils the extent of the media control, explaining that all ...

January 2009 – Reports from South Korea say Kim Jong Il plans on naming as successor Kim Jong Un, 25, his third and youngest son. April 9, 2009 – Is re-elected for third term as chairman of ...

Timothy Cho, a two-time defector from North Korea, has revealed the difficulties citizens go through in the secretive nation ...

SEOUL-Born in 1984 in north-eastern Pyongyang, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was secretly anointed as the future heir to his father Kim Jong Il at the age of eight, according to the statements ...

Ko and Ri were closely connected to Kim Jong-il and a young Kim Jong-un before they decided to flee North Korea in 1998. Their own son was born in the same year as Kim Jong-un. “Kim Jong-un was ...

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, the son of Kim Jong-il, had agreed on that final reunion after a hiatus of several years after seeing President Trump in Singapore two months earlier. Every North ...

North Korea marked the 83rd birthday of late leader Kim Jong-il, with its propaganda machine calling for loyalty for Kim's son and current leader Kim Jong-un, according to the North's state media ...

Kim Jong Il, who is revered in North Korea, was born on February 16, so his son visited the mausoleum of his predecessors—father and grandfather—to commemorate this anniversary. Kim Jong Un ...