Selected by the Soviets to run what was supposed to be a minor puppet regime, Kim Il Sung created his own cult of personality ...

Before defecting to South Korea in 1991, Ko was a diplomat in Pyongyang who served as an interpreter of French for the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung. Ko cited recent news reports from the ...

Kim Jong Un is the third member of the Kim family to serve as leader of North Korea. His grandfather Kim Il Sung was the first ... Party of Korea and became a general in the Korean People's ...

The marathon was one of a series of events organised to celebrate the birthday on 15 April of Kim Il Sung, the country ... North Korea," Simon Cockerell, general manager of Koryo Tours posted ...