North Korea has awarded late leader Kim Jong-Il a new medal, state media said Saturday, as Pyongyang gears up to mark 60 years since the Korean War ended. The presidium of the Supreme People’s ...

North Korea has awarded medals to 132 people – including the widow of Kim Jong-il – to mark the late leader's 70th birthday this week, it announced.

Biographies abound of Hitler, Stalin and Mao, but those of Kim are hard to come by: “Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader,” by Suh Dae-sook, was the last good one, published in 1988, six years ...

US flies long-range bomber for drill with South Korea, as the North marks a key state anniversary The Kim Il Sung birthday, called “the Day of Sun,” is one of the most important holidays in ...

August 20, 2011 – Kim Jong Il travels to eastern Russia. He meets with President Dmitry Medvedev in Buryatia . December 17, 2011 – Dies at the age of 69, reportedly of a heart attack.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday visited a mausoleum for his late father and grandfather Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung to pay tribute to his father, state media reported on Wednesday.