Kim Jong-il died of heart failure on Dec. 17, 2011 at age 69. The North's leader was accompanied by senior party and government officials, including Premier Kim Tok-hun and Jo Yong-won ...

Kim Jong-il, the leader of North Korea who died in December last year, had ordered scientists to produce “a massive amount” ...

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 ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was secretly anointed as the future heir to his father Kim Jong Il at the age of eight, according to the statements by the younger Mr Kim’s aunt and her husband ...

Kim Jong Un executes man for listening to K-pop amid crackdown on South Korean media ...

"The fact is that when Kim Jong-il’s father, Kim Il-sung, died, the post of president of the DPRK was left to him, thereby making him the ‘eternal president.’ Similarly, when Kim Jong-un’s ...

North Korea has unveiled a 10,000-apartment complex in the capital city of Pyongyang after its leader Kim Jong Un inspected ...

Kim Jong Il, who frequently used the train for trips ... Local media reports later suggested he died on the train of a heart attack in 2011. While his son Kim Jong Un has used air travel, the ...

The size of the whole leadership complex is around 12 km2 (4.6 sq mi). According to Kim Jong Il’s former bodyguard Lee Young Guk, there are at least eight North Korean leaders’ residences ...