He was selected as the leader from among the relatives of Kim Il Sung, who are collectively referred to as the Mount Paektu bloodline. His father, Kim Jong Il, was a son of Kim Il Sung ...

"The fact is that when Kim Jong-il’s father, Kim Il-sung, died, the post of president of the DPRK was left to him, thereby making him the ‘eternal president.’ Similarly, when Kim Jong-un’s ...

general secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), reinstating the highest post previously held by his late father Kim Jong Il and grandfather Kim Il Sung, state media reported.

where the bodies of state founder Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, late father of the current leader, lie in state, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Kim Jong-il died of heart ...

North Koreans laid floral tributes at the statues of founding father Kim Il Sung and his son, Kim Jong Il, to mark the Lunar New Year.

Kim’s emphasis on Chongryon is distinct from that of his father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il. In the early years of that ...

Kim Chul and Hwang Dongsoo are minor characters ... retains a lot of importance in the story is Sung Jin-Woo’s father, Sung Il-Hwan. Sung Il-Hwan is a former hunter who disappeared in a dungeon ...