North Korean media ignored Kim Jong Un's birthday, focusing instead on his factory visit, amid efforts to enhance his cult of personality.

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, Dec 18 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday visited a mausoleum for his late father and grandfather Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung to pay tribute to his father, state media ...

The Friday event in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square featured uniformed paramilitary brigades. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a Russian military song-and-dance ensemble and officials from Beijing ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a mausoleum for his father Kim Jong-il and grandfather Kim Il-sung on Tuesday, to pay tribute to his father. State media images showed Kim at the Kumsusan ...

Some local reports have said the masks resembled Kim Il-sung, the country's first leader and the grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un. Conservative groups in South Korea said this was an ...

But he preferred to maintain the illusion. Had he not been born the son of Kim Il Sung—still North Korea's Great Leader and eternal president—and therefore Son of God, Mr Kim might have been a ...

though the birthdays of late state founder Kim Il-sung and his successor, Kim Jong-il, have been marked as national holidays. The Rodong Sinmun, a North Korean newspaper catering to the general ...