Former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il used to eat spiders, snakes and hippos, according to new claims.

North Korea confirmed today that a major communist party convention will be held next week as observers speculated that the secretive regime’s ageing leader was ready to give his son an important position to pave the way for his succession.

NORTH Korea’s decision to test a nuclear weapon may mean Korean Leader, Kim Jong-il will have to reign in his extravagant spending habits.