Topic - Kim Jong Il

In 2002, Kim Jong Il, the late father of Kim Jong Un, told then-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that its agents had kidnapped 13 Japanese in the 1970s and 80s, and allowed five of them to return to Japan.

Japan's leader seeks a meeting with North Korea and an end to deflation, to boost public support →

Kim has also stressed that his economic goals still should be met, and state media have described large groups of workers continuing to gather at farms, mining facilities, power stations and construction sites.

North Korea reports more fevers as Kim claims virus progress →