North Korea’s official news agency reported Monday that Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il has died at the age of 69. The Korean Central News Agency said the reclusive leader died Saturday of a heart attack while on a train for one of his “field guidance” tours. The agency attributed his death to “physical and mental […]
North Korea’s Kim Jong Il Dead at 69
Posted December 18th, 2011 at 11:45 pm (UTC-5)
North Korean state television reports that Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il has died at the age of 69. An announcer said he died Saturday of physical and mental over-work. Some reports say he died from a heart attack, and was traveling on a train at the time. Kim Jong Il came to power after his […]
North Korean Leader and Son Appear at Anniversary Parade
Posted September 9th, 2011 at 2:46 am (UTC-5)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his heir apparent son, Kim Jong Un, appeared at a military parade Friday celebrating the 63rd anniversary of the communist nation’s founding. North Korean state television showed the elder Kim and his son on the reviewing stand witnessing thousands of troops march through Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square, […]
North Korean Leader Returns from Russia, China Trip
Posted August 27th, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il returned to Pyongyang Saturday, after a week-long visit to Russia and China. Mr. Kim said Friday, during a meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, that he is ready to resume six-party nuclear talks without preconditions. Pyongyang abandoned the six-party negotiations in April of 2009 and conducted its second […]
South Korean Military Bans Kim Jong Il Images in Target Practice
Posted June 1st, 2011 at 1:15 am (UTC-5)
South Korea’s defense ministry says it will instruct training centers not to use images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his family as targets at their shooting ranges. The Chosun Ilbo newspaper says some units have been using pictures of Mr. Kim, his late father, North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, and Mr. […]
