Supreme leaders have only ever been selected hereditarily from male members of the Kim dynasty. Kim Jong Un was assigned the ...

The dictatorship of 25 million people has been ruled by the Kim dynasty for more than 70 years. North Korea's economy has struggled because of its isolationist policies, yet the exact extremes of ...

Pyongyang is extremely sensitive and protective when it comes to the image of the ruling Kim dynasty. Portraits of current leader Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather are ubiquitous, adorning ...

A plaque with the leaders of the Kim Dynasty, which Han Jin Myung dutifully pinned on himself every day. The last image on the screen is from November 2014 – a month before his escape.

Because North Korea is ruled by the Kim Dynasty, any living heirs pose a threat to Kim Jong Un's leadership of North Korea. Authorities already believe Kim Jong Un had his half brother and Kim Han ...

A deep look inside the current regime of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea under Kim Jong-un, featuring stories from defectors, celebrities, photographers and journalists who have visited ...