North Korea celebrates founder with dance, music but no military parade
Seoul, South KoreaReuters North Korea celebrated the 110th anniversary of the birth of late founder Kim Il-sung on Friday with fireworks, a procession, and an evening gala in Pyongyang’s main square, with thousands of people in colourful traditional dress singing and dancing. “The Day of the Sun” is North Korea’s biggest annual public holiday. Kim, […]
North Korea celebrates 10 years of Kim Jong-un as top party leader
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea praised Kim Jong-un’s leadership in developing nuclear weapons, touted his political achievements, and unveiled new portraits and exhibitions to celebrate his 10 years in charge of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. Kim is considered to have assumed power when he was named supreme commander of the military after […]
Essay: Kim Jong-un’s decade in power – Starvation, repression and brutal rule – just like his father and grandfather
In an article first published on The Conversation, SUNG-YOON LEE, professor of Korean Studies at Tufts University in the US, looks at King Jong-un’s 10 years as North Korean leader…