A new book reveals that the leader's maternal grandfather was a Japan-based smuggler who had to flee to North Korea to escape ...

However, Kim Jong Il may have worried that his son was too Westernized. In 2001, Jong Nam reportedly used a fake passport to try and go to Tokyo Disneyland.

Two of Kim Il Sung's children, Kim Jong Il and Kyong Hui, moved to China during the Korean War, away from the fighting. A third child, Kim Man Il, drowned in 1947.

A fusion of authoritarianism, isolationism, and GenAI could create a new political phenomenon: the synthetic sovereign.

SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday visited a mausoleum for late state founder Kim Il-sung ...

North Korean people walk past national flags hoisted at half-staff in front of the Mansudae Assembly Hall near the statues of ...

When Kim Jong Il died in 2011, Kim Jong Un filled the role of North Korea's leader. Kim Jong Un and his uncle Jang Song Thaek during Kim Jong Il's funeral procession in 2011.