20 Stories on Kim Il-sung
North Korea's reclusive leader appeared in public Wednesday for the first time in months to commemorate the 15th anniversary of his father's death.
A new satellite image shows North Korea's rocket in flight soon after its launch a few days ago, experts said.
By all accounts, North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday, ignoring international warnings against doing so. The question is: Where's the payload?
North Korea's official news agency says leader Kim Jong Il attended a soccer game in Pyongyang
Separating fact from myth regarding North Korea's secretive Dear Leader
North Korea's Kim Jong Il has remained one of the most mysterious leaders in the world.
I thought I was prepared for North Korea. After all, I'd spent more than half my life studying, traveling to and living in the former Soviet Union as well as other Communist and post-Communist countries.
The Olympic torch arrived in Pyongyang, the capital of Communist North Korea, on Monday in the latest leg of its controversial global relay ahead of this year's Beijing Games in neighboring China.
An American orchestra performed a historic concert Tuesday in the communist state of North Korea -- one of the most secretive societies in the world. A group of 105 musicians made the journey to Pyongyang, but for one of them this trip was not just about music. It was about family history.
It all starts on the sixth floor of the five-star Lotte Hotel, in the center of Seoul. After booking my place for Panmunjom Travel Center's Combined Tour, I show up at the agency office at 7:45 on a chilly Friday morning in December to begin my adventure.
North Korea's reclusive leader appeared in public Wednesday for the first time in months to commemorate the 15th anniversary of his father's death.
A new satellite image shows North Korea's rocket in flight soon after its launch a few days ago, experts said.
By all accounts, North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday, ignoring international warnings against doing so. The question is: Where's the payload?
North Korea's official news agency says leader Kim Jong Il attended a soccer game in Pyongyang
Separating fact from myth regarding North Korea's secretive Dear Leader
North Korea's Kim Jong Il has remained one of the most mysterious leaders in the world.
I thought I was prepared for North Korea. After all, I'd spent more than half my life studying, traveling to and living in the former Soviet Union as well as other Communist and post-Communist countries.
The Olympic torch arrived in Pyongyang, the capital of Communist North Korea, on Monday in the latest leg of its controversial global relay ahead of this year's Beijing Games in neighboring China.
An American orchestra performed a historic concert Tuesday in the communist state of North Korea -- one of the most secretive societies in the world. A group of 105 musicians made the journey to Pyongyang, but for one of them this trip was not just about music. It was about family history.
It all starts on the sixth floor of the five-star Lotte Hotel, in the center of Seoul. After booking my place for Panmunjom Travel Center's Combined Tour, I show up at the agency office at 7:45 on a chilly Friday morning in December to begin my adventure.
I'm on the highest point of Pyongyang, and I've just done something shamefully cynical.
A unusual openness about the extent of damage wrought by torrential rains has some wondering whether Pyongyang is shedding its secretiveness
Faced with the North's human rights abuseslike the abduction of Japanese citizens, many Koreans living in Japan are turning their longtime support away from Pyongyang
For all the attention he is getting, North Korea's Kim Jong Il is one of the most mysterious leaders in the world.
Hopes have been raised over North Korea's nuclear crisis after the announcement of a resumption of six party talks, news services report.
North Korea's home World Cup qualifier against Japan in June will not be switched to a neutral venue despite crowd trouble in midweek, the Asian Football Confederation have said.
The United States and North Korea appear to be heading down a familiar road, with tensions at a high level.
North Korea is one of the world's most authoritarian and secretive nations, with an economy in dire straits after decades of mismanagement.
Kim Jong Il has been portrayed as everything from a nuclear-armed egomaniac, to a cognac-swilling playboy with a bouffant hairdo, to a smart and skilled political player.
Daewoo Chairman Kim Woo-Choong, 55, is Korea's most frequent flier, spending about half his time chasing deals around the world. ''I can smell money everywhere,'' he says. But his most intriguing t...
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