Biographies abound of Hitler, Stalin and Mao, but those of Kim are hard to come by: “Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader,” by Suh Dae-sook, was the last good one, published in 1988, six years ...

In her new book, “Black Girl from Pyongyang,” Monica Macias writes about growing up in North Korea under the care of leader Kim Il Sung after being sent away by her own father, Francisc… ...

The memoir of North Korea’s first leader Kim Il Sung is on sale in South Korea, but South Korean activists said the publication runs afoul of the law.

Mr. Tertitskiy, a South Korea-based historian, has pulled off a rare and impressive biographical feat—his “Accidental Tyrant” is a book-length account of the life of Kim, the founder of ...