PYONGYANG, North Korea, July 8 (UPI) -- A memorial service was held in North Korea Wednesday to mark the 15th anniversary of the death of the country's founder Kim Il Sung, state media said.
BEIJING, June 19 (UPI) -- A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman denied a report the youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il had visited Beijing.
BEIJING, March 17 (UPI) -- North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il arrived in Beijing Tuesday to kick off a five-day official goodwill visit, officials said.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- A photograph of Kim Jong Il released Wednesday by the North Korean government shows him doing something he has supposedly given up -- smoking.
HOERYONG, North Korea, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has been touring an area of the country near where preparations are being made for a rocket launch, observers said.
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- China has published photos of President Hu Jintao and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il meeting in Beijing, officially confirming Kim's secretive China visit.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, July 14 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has told a visiting Chinese envoy his country's goal is a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. China's presidential envoy Tang Jiaxuan met Kim in Pyongyang Wednesday. He brought a message from President Hu Jintao, expressing hope
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il reportedly survived an assassination attempt in Austria, The Korea Times reported Sunday.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- North Korea Friday denied reports that pictures of leader Kim Jong-il had been removed from public buildings in Pyongyang and that Kim was losing influence.
BEIJING, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A North Korean official has denied reports his country has launched a campaign to remove portraits of its leader, Kim Jong-il.
