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Former North Korean Tyrant Kim Jong Il Liked to Eat Snakes, Hippos and Spiders
The Dear Leader's personal sushi chef reveals a litany of bizarre tastes.

Kim Jong Un: The Boy Whose Country Has Cried `Wolf’ Once Too Often
SEOUL, South Korea -- Nobody does bluster better than Pyongyang. In the last few weeks the country’s hard-working propagandists declared a “state of war” with...
Mass Rally in Pyongyang in Support of Kim Jong Un
(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — Thousands of North Koreans have turned out for a mass rally at the main square in Pyongyang in support of their leader's call to arms...

WATCH: Dennis Rodman Talks the Pope, Kim Jong Un on Jay Leno
And he's not done globe-trotting yet!

North Korea Under Kim Jong Un: Old Threats and New Worries
North Korea's fiery rhetoric isn't new, but the tempo has clearly quickened under Kim Jong Un.

Dennis Rodman Talks About His Love For North Korea’s Kim Jong Un on This Week
Why can't we all just get along?

WATCH: Gloomy Kim Jong Un Bored by State Choir
North Korean despot Kim Jong Un could not hide his boredom at a state concert.

Another Lil’ Kim? Wife of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Appears ‘Heavily Pregnant’
As North Korea remembered its late Dear Leader, Kim Jong Il, on the first anniversary of his death, the country could soon be welcoming a new addition to the Kim...

North Korea Hails TIME #POY Online Poll
The authoritarian state's government news agency has issued a press release on the supreme leader's success in our online poll. Gosh.
A missile launch does not constitute the entirety of Kim Jong Eun’s rule
From the WSJ WSJ op-ed by Jack David says latest DPRK missile launch proves Kim Jong Eun won't be a reformer and that - basically - anyone who still believes...

WATCH: North Korea Remembers a Jacket
A year after the demise of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, the authoritarian state remembers his iconic parka.

Kim Jong Un: Chinese News Site Falls for The Onion‘s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ Parody
Forget Channing Tatum, ladies! And, you know, forget fact-checking, too.

Kim Jong Il’s Grandson Speaks
Kim Han Sol is a soft-spoken, bespectacled 18-year-old student who has his ear pierced and hopes to one day work toward “world peace.” He’s also the grandson of...

Sorry Ladies, Kim Jong Un Is Off The Market
It’s official: the sweet bachelor life is over for Kim Jong Un. North Korean state TV has confirmed for the first time that the country’s leader has tied the...
Propaganda Campaign Grows in North Korea as Kim Jong Un Consolidates Power
Even before Wednesday’s noontime ‘special announcement’ that Kim Jong Un had been named to the top military title of marshal, there were signs that the young...

Who is Kim Jong Un’s Mystery Woman?
Sister? Lover? Girlfriend? Wife? Speculation is mounting over the identity of a mystery woman and her nature of her relationship to Kim Jong Un, supreme leader...

Kim Jong Un Has A New Theme Song
One of the perks of being North Korea’s “Great Successor,” a.k.a. Kim Jong Un, is command performances by Disney characters. Another is getting your own theme...

Kim Jong Un Doesn’t Like this North Korean Amusement Park
For a country that always seems ready to talk up its latest catfish-jowl recipe or quasi-successful missile launch, any public admission of failure is rare —...
Making Fun of Kim Jong Un Is Distracting Us From Human Rights Abuses
Meet the newest reason to laugh about North Korea: @KimJongNumberUn The real Kim Jong Un is a chubby-cheeked twenty-something dictator. His grandfather was the...

Is Kim Jong Un Preparing to Become North Korea's Economic Reformer?
When young Kim Jong Un stood before the assembled throngs in Pyongyang on April 15, insisting that come hell or high water he would persist with his father's...


