Before defecting to South Korea in 1991, Ko was a diplomat in Pyongyang who served as an interpreter of French for the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung ... countries have no intention of ...

and Defense Minister No Kwang-chol, according to the KCNA. Founded in 1945 in Pyongyang, the Kim Il Sung University of Politics trains political officers for the armed forces, while Kim Il Sung ...

Birth place: Sources vary between Khabarovsk, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/Siberia and Mount Paektu, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Father: Kim Il Sung, former president of ...

When the fire broke out, the mother was reportedly unable to save the portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital.