In North Korea, nearly all private homes and public offices must display portraits of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung side by side, but including a portrait of the younger Kim had not been a requirement.

Portraits of leaders are at the core of North Korea’s state-sponsored cult of personality that has buttressed the Kim family’s rule since the country’s foundation in 1948. Almost all homes ...

Portraits of leaders are at the core of North Korea’s state-sponsored cult of personality that has buttressed the Kim family’s rule since the country’s foundation in 1948. Almost all homes ...