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North Korea: Secrets and Lies

Kim Il-Sung and His Friends From Moscow

Kim Il-Sung and His Friends From Moscow

North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung (front right) sits with a group of uniformed Russian advisers, around 1950. The two modern Koreas were formed when the Soviets and United States divided political control of the Korean peninsula after the fall of the Japanese Empire in World War II in 1945.

In this photo: Il Sung Kim

Photo: Howard Sochurek./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Nov 01, 1950