Kim Jong-il was the second leader of North Korea. He ruled from the death of his father Kim Il-sung, the first leader of North Korea, in 1994 until his own death in 2011. He was an unelected dictator and was often accused of human rights violations.Kim was born in Vyatskoye, Russia, then part of the Soviet Union. Read More
North Korean state television aired an unusual interview on Friday in which a Pyongyang resident said he and others living in the capital were "heartbroken" to see how much weight the country's leader Kim Jong Un had lost. ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Monday paid a visit to the country's national mausoleum, the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, on the occasion of the 25th death anniversary of his grandfather and the regime's founding leader Kim Il-sung, according to st ...
