...political simpletons so imbued with Fidelism (millions cried, genuinely cried, at the funerals of Stalin, Mao and Kim Il Sung) that he would rather let his abused son languish than give the slightest political advantage to the United States by...

...Hafez Assad's death was just show for police informers and state-run TV cameras. At the funerals of Stalin, Mao and Kim Il Sung, after all, millions genuinely wept. Like Assad, these monsters succeed in making themselves not just living gods...

...for two generations marched in identical outfits. Though the Northerners wore lapel pins depicting their late leader, Kim Il Sung, it was hard to tell the groups apart -- which was exactly the point. "I was deeply touched," Samaranch said later...

...wearing pins with the image of their revered late leader, Kim Il Sung. The group included an 84-year-old woman in a traditional...officials and 20 journalists. One relative paid tribute to Kim Il Sung's son and successor, Kim Jong Il.

...Images of Kim's father and North Korea founder Kim Il Sung were everywhere as Albright traveled from the airport...along Albright's route. Her first stop was at the Kim Il Sung Palace, which was converted into a mausoleum after his...