Kim Il-sung ruined the economy, hoarded power and saw his countrymen slaughtered, as Fyodor Tertitskiy’s Accidental Tyrant ...

Hoxha’s rule of terror murdered 5,577 men and 450 women in Albania. Communist regimes throughout history have produced their ...

In 1964, Mao Zedong quietly turned down North Korea’s request for assistance, but Kim Il-sung continued to expand nuclear projects for both civilian and military purposes, with aid from the ...

Russia’s Joseph Stalin and China’s Mao Tse ... by scholarly Kim Tu Bong, had been trained in the Chinese Communists’ stronghold in Yenan. The other, under truculent Kim Il Sung, had a ...

The first tour is set to take place Feb. 12 to 18, when major celebrations are planned for the birthday of the country's late ...

In June 1994, the former US president arrived for talks in Pyongyang with then leader Kim Il-sung. It was unprecedented, marking the first time a former or sitting US president had visited.

SEOUL — A tour operator said Monday it had opened bookings for trips to a North Korean border city to celebrate former leader Kim Jong Il's birthday, offering foreign tourists the first chance to ...

Cheon Bang Joo (Kim Eui Sung), the father of Chun Jun Hwa and the owner of Yongcheonru, attempted to exploit Ko Soo Ra’s financial struggles. He asked Ko Soo Ra to assist his son Cheon Jun Hwa ...

Comrade Prime Minister Kim Il Sung, We have received both your letters, dated December 16 and 25, 1957. We have carefully studied the two plans put forward for the withdrawal of the Chinese People ...

Some of the biggest Wall Street banks including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup are predicting it will linger to 2025 – marking a stretch unseen since the end of Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward campaign, ...

Michael Madden, founder of North Korea Leadership Watch, said the role could only be filled by someone from the bloodline of Kim Il-sung, the nation’s founder. He said: “With this event we ...