State TV in the country is now transmitting images of what appears to be magpies perched on trees 'almost motionless', with many claiming the birds are mourning their dead, 'Dear Leader', a report in

The United States, Japan, South Korea and most leading European countries have boycotted a minute's silence at the United Nations General Assembly for North Korea's late leader, Kim Jong-il.

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North Korea says a fierce snowstorm paused and the sky began glowing red above sacred Mount Paektu just minutes before leader Kim Jong Il’s death.

State media say the ice on volcanic Lake Chon at the

North Korea has invited Japanese woman magician Tenko Hikita to attend the planned December 28 funeral for its leader Kim Jong Il who died last weekend, her manager claimed today.

Hikita, who has pe

North Korea will shift to collective rule from a strongman dictatorship after last week's death of Kim Jong-il, although his untested young son will be at the head of the ruling coterie, a source with

When South Korean President Lee Myung-bak left on a state visit for Japan last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had been dead for about four hours, indicating that neither Seoul nor Tokyo - or Wa

North Korea put the body of its late leader Kim Jong-Il on display in a glass coffin on Tuesday and heaped praise on his son and successor, amid world wariness at the transition in the nuclear-armed n

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has died, Pyongyang's state television announced Monday.

The veteran leader died on December 17 at 8:30 am, a weeping announcer said.

A US lawmaker who plays a lead role on Asia policy on Sunday called late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il the ‘epitome of evil’ and hoped his death would mark a new chapter for the authoritarian state.

The United States said Sunday it was ‘closely monitoring’ reports on North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's death and said it was committed to stability on the Korean peninusula and the security of its all