Kim Jong Il gave Laura Ling and Euna Lee what North Korean media called a special pardon.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

It was called "L'il Folks." It showed a little boy with a round face named Charlie Brown.

VOA: special.2009.10.25

South Korean media say Kim Jong-il's personal train crossed into China at the northeastern Chinese city of Dandong Monday.

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

However,the country's leader,Kim Jong Il, reportedly told China's premier in October that depending on how talks with Bosworth go,he might reconsider.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, made a rare public appearance to greet Mr.Wen at the Pyongyang airport Sunday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

The vice president professed bafflement on what President Kim Jong Il hopes to achieve in the latest standoff with the international community.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

Hyun says social instability has increased in North Korea, so leader Kim Jong-il needs to continue to reinforce his domestic power base.

VOA: standard.2009.06.22

North Korea's prime minister Kim Yong Il,told Mr.Wen that Pyongyang is open to nuclear talks, but made no specific endorsement of the six-party formation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

He says much of North Korea's approach toward the United States right now relates to the goals of leader Kim Jong Il regarding his successor.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

In a statement, Australia's immigration department says the artists invited to Brisbane were from a studio that operates under the guidance of North Korea's leader,Kim Jong-il.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

At a rally organized in the capital by a South Korean patriots' group, participants vented their anger at the North - and specifically, leader Kim Jong Il.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

But in recent weeks, the Kim Jong Il government in the North has offered a series of good will gestures to both South Korea and the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Those comments echo earlier assessments by analysts here in Seoul, who say Kim Jong Il's apparent stroke about a year ago challenged perceptions of his complete command of the North's government.

VOA: standard.2009.06.22

about the health of Kim Jong Il. The North Korean leader remained out of sight for a number of significant occasions, including the launch of a long-range rocket that angered the international community.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-il is reported to have told Mr.Wen that he would return to the six party nuclear disarmament negotiations but only if North Korea has one-on-one talks with the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

It was a rare sight Friday in the South Korean capital: Senior North Korean envoys approached a memorial to former President Kim Dae-jung with a giant funeral bouquet bearing the name of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

(Recording) Yoon says the North Korean leader is trying to "lower his son down safely from the back of a tiger, without getting eaten" a metaphor referring to Kim Jong Il's apparent plans for his youngest son to take over one day.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23