Biographies abound of Hitler, Stalin and Mao, but those of Kim are hard to come by: “Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader,” by Suh Dae-sook, was the last good one, published in 1988, six years ...

In her new book, “Black Girl from Pyongyang,” Monica Macias writes about growing up in North Korea under the care of leader Kim Il Sung after being sent away by her own father, Francisc… ...

It’s a wildly exaggerated claim, for Kim Il Sung was but a junior officer ... family — how did you go about researching your book? Sung-Yoon Lee: I’ve studied and taught about North ...

“A Kim Jong Il Production,” a new book by Paul Fischer ... of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from Kim Il Sung. He may have been the oldest son, but he had to work for his ...

“Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader,” by Suh Dae-sook, was the last good one, published in 1988, six years before Kim’s death. Mr. Tertitskiy’s book appears 37 years later. Yet for all ...