World & Nation
Many women were linked to Kim Jong Il, but few had any influence
Dec. 24, 2011
North Korea celebrates birthday of founding leader Kim Il Sung
April 15, 2014
SEOUL -- North Korea on Tuesday celebrated the birthday of its founder, Kim Il Sung, with current leader Kim Jong Un reportedly paying respects at his grandfather’s mausoleum amid efforts to more closely associate him with the late leader’s legacy.
Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans assembled solemnly in Pyongyang today to pledge loyalty to Kim Jong Il, son of late North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung, a day after a tear-filled funeral for the only leader in the Stalinist state’s 46-year history.
July 20, 1994
World Now
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Dec. 22, 2011
The North Korean government appears intent on forcing its way into the nuclear weapons club.
April 12, 1993
Some grief over death of North Korea leader false, defectors say
Dec. 21, 2011
In North Korea, the sacred Mt.
July 29, 1994
It’s “the book you have been waiting for,” a full-page advertisement in the New York Times proclaimed: two volumes on Kim Jong Il, “great hero, great leader” and heir apparent in North Korea.
Nov. 3, 1985
Travel & Experiences
At a fortress museum, North Korea shows off every present sent to the Kims, from a limo given by Stalin to plastic tchotchkes.
Nov. 25, 2005