October 2, 2007 – Roh Moo Hyun, President of South Korea, meets with Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. September 9, 2008 – According to US and South Korean intelligence, Kim Jong Il has been suffering ...

The birthdays of members of the ruling Kim dynasty are typically feted in the North with large scale public celebrations. The birthday of former ruler Kim Jong Il -- father of current leader Kim ...

Kim Jong Un is believed to have been born in the early 1980s to Kim Jong Il and Ko Yong Hui. His birth year remains unconfirmed by the North Korean government, which is a contrast to how his ...

SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has begun celebrations for the anniversary of late former leader Kim Jong-il's birthday, a national holiday, by opening a commemorative photo exhibition ...

The most recent footage of the interior of the train dates back to the time of former leader Kim Jong Il. It features "glossy white interiors with long tables for briefings" as well as rooms with ...

But a probe into the school days of Kim Jong Un - youngest son of dictator Kim Jong Il - proves he is little more than an academic failure who squandered his education playing computer games and ...

Kim Jong Il, died in late 2011. The current Kims are the third generation of their family to rule North Korea, and their leadership is based on a personality cult established after their ...