Analysis - Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, ...

Since the Cold War, competition between foreign powers for influence in Africa has spurred a great debate. With a focus on ...

Kim Il Sung started telling those around him that his son would take over the leadership role. In July 1972, the South and North Korea Joint Communique was announced. Kang, who was then the ...

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 ...

Actor Sung Dong-il looked back on his past ... to figure out how to interact with and comfort his children. "My son, Joon, once told me, 'Dad, you were really scary,'" Sung said.

Their own son was born in the same year as Kim Jong ... was closely tied to the power shift between his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, and his father, Kim Jong-il, marking 1986 as a crucial turning ...

Their own son was born in the same year as the younger ... closely tied to the power shift between his grandfather, Mr Kim Il Sung, and his father, marking 1986 as a crucial turning point.

In North Korea, televisions are manipulated to broadcast only state-controlled content, glorifying the Kim dynasty. Defector Timothy Cho unveils the extent of the media control, explaining that all ...

Timothy Cho, a two-time defector from North Korea, has revealed the difficulties citizens go through in the secretive nation ...

before and after Kim Il-sung's sudden death in 1994 and Kim Jong-il's sudden death in 2011. The in-depth analysis of Kim Jong-un stems from his many years of studying North Korea, both before and ...