Walter Mondale, a former US vice-president who was serving as ambassador to Japan at the time, was quoted in the files as saying: “[Kim Jong-il] seems a bit goofy and childish, and not very good ...

A once top-level North Korean official, whose decades-long ... Kim Yong Ju was effectively placed in confinement for half a century after losing a battle for power against his nephew, Kim Jong Il.

the late Kim Jong Il. As the ill-prepared 20-something heir to the North Korean leadership power, many North Korea watchers predicted his rule would be short-lived. But he has managed to solidify ...

This underlines the nation’s strategy of dealing with the hard-line stance adopted by Washington and Seoul toward Pyongyang from a long-term ... His father, Kim Jong Il, was a son of Kim Il ...