At the time, the NIS speculated that her husband might be a fellow graduate of Kim Il-sung University, although his identity has not been confirmed. Further speculation arose in February 2018 ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Todor Merdjanov, 33, a Bulgarian university student who spent a month in September 2013 attending Korean language classes at Kim Il Sung ...

Before defecting to South Korea in 1991, Ko was a diplomat in Pyongyang who served as an interpreter of French for the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung. Ko cited recent news reports from the ...

a graduate of the top Kim Il-sung University in 2010 after the matchmaking by his aunt and uncle, who are said to be guiding the young leader into power. The report comes as the world continues to ...

The number is compared to an estimated nine rounds of tests during Kim Il Sung’s 46-year rule and ... a professor at Ewha University in Seoul.