North Korea marked the 83rd birthday of late leader Kim Jong-il, with its propaganda machine calling for loyalty for Kim's ...

Kim Jong-il, on the 13th anniversary of his death. [NEWS1] North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a mausoleum for his late father to mark the 13th anniversary of his death, the North's state ...

Since 2022, there have been no North Korean reports of him visiting the mausoleum for Kim Jong-il's birthday on Feb. 16 or Kim Il-sung's birthday on April 15. [email protected] (END) ...

Kim Jong-il died of heart failure on Dec. 17 ... Except in 2022, the North's incumbent leader visited the mausoleum every year on the occasion of his father's death anniversary.

North Korea's New Year holiday is marked by visits to the mausoleum of its two late leaders and affirmations of allegiance to incumbent leader Kim Jong-un, in contrast to how South Koreans celebrate ...

The mausoleum enshrines the mummified bodies of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. [YONHAP] North Korean leader Kim Jong-un did not visit the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on New Year’s Day for the ...

His son and successor, the late leader Kim Jong-il reinstated the New Year holiday ... It is now customary for North Koreans to visit the Kumsusan mausoleum in Pyongyang, where the bodies of ...

SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears to have skipped his annual New Year's visit to the mausoleum of his late grandfather and father for the second consecutive year ...