Topic: Kim Il-sung
AFP Asian Edition | 2009-07-08 05:00:19
<div><p>North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il paid homage to his late father Kim Il-Sung as the country marked the 15th anniversary of the death of the founding president known as the "Great Leader."</p><p>Kim visited Pyongyang's Kumsusan Memorial Palace where the embalmed body of his father lies inside ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-07-01 05:02:42
<div><p>South Korea's normally publicity-shy intelligence agency is creating a stir among liberal groups with a "spot the spy" flash video game offering a variety of prizes.</p><p>The National Intelligence Service (NIS) is hosting the game on its website (www.nis111.co.kr) to mark the anniversary of ...
AP News | 2009-06-26 09:16:47
In this image made from television, huge portraits of late North Korean President Kim Il Sung, left, and his son, current leader Kim Jong Il are raised as people gather at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday ...
AFP Asian Edition | 2009-06-25 05:00:20
<div><p>North Korea vowed a "do-or-die" campaign to revive the sagging economy amid severe food shortages and intensified international sanctions aimed at curbing its weapons programmes.</p><p>The communist state's official media said leader Kim Jong-Il had visited about 100 places since December 24, when he relaunched a 1950s ...
