bitter palace intrigue and personal tragedy to become vice chairman of the National Defence Commission, the supreme leadership council which Kim Jong-il led as head of the military state.

Kim Jong-Un was not originally supposed to succeed his father, Kim Jong-Il, as the Supreme Leader of North Korea. For a time, it seemed that the dictator might be replaced by his eldest son, Kim ...

After months of political turmoil, South Korea will elect a new president Tuesday to succeed conservative Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted over his brief but shocking imposition of martial ...

ANDREI YAKOVLEV is an Associate at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and a Visiting Research Fellow at SCRIPTS project at Freie Universität Berlin. YURI DANILOV is an ...

Winfrey addressed the criticism in a social media post, saying she did not receive “any personal fee,” according ... former North Korean strongman Kim Jong Il, The Wall Street Journal reported.

There are few K-dramas with perfect endings (Boys Over Flowers, Fated to Love You), but there are plenty with a happy ending ...

When it bagged the Grand Prix at the 57th Cannes Film Festival in 2004, Park Chan-wook's Oldboy became the first South Korean ...

To drive the point home, he dedicated one of his songs to our “Dear Leader,” an allusion to the honorific set aside for former North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il. A similar broadside last week ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the country's air force drills and emphasized the need to intensify war preparation, according to state media. Kim inspected anti-aircraft combat and air ...

This spiral risks triggering rapid escalation, especially if North Korea conducts another provocation toward South Korea aimed at domestic legitimization, which happened during Kim Jong Il and Kim ...

He is known to have played a key role in assisting Kim Jong-il, the father of the current leader, in consolidating control over the military and in preparing Kim Jong-un as his successor.