Kim, 46, uses oil on canvas to create the stunning paintings that can look more realistic than photographs to the naked eye. Young-sung Kim painting a beta fish. Young-sung Kim ...

Paintings aim to depict various "victories" for North Korea across its existence with trumped-up images of Kim Jong Un and his father, Kim Jong Il.

Kim Jong Un took the reins on his own portraits.. North Korea launched a state-run art exhibit this week with propaganda paintings of the Supreme Leader — including one portraying him ...

North Koreans who rescue their Kim portraits from floods and fires are feted as heroes – especially if they die in the attempt. Jun Yoo-sung, who fled the country in 2005, recalled such an ...

Millions of portraits, mosaics and paintings of Kim Il Sung, founder of North Korea, and his son Kim Jong Il, the father of current leader Kim Jong Un, offer daily reminders to the public of the ...

North Korean citizens bow before the portraits of the founding father Kim Il-Sung, left, and his son Kim Jong-Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea on Monday, April 9, 2012.

An overseas exhibition on Korea’s ink-and-wash paintings is set to highlight the dramatic yet tranquil power that exists in the medium of ink. “Park Dae-sung: Ink Reimagined” is scheduled to ...