Further back in the family tree, her uncle Kim Pyong Il is receiving some notice as a possible replacement should Kim Jong Un die, because the country's patriarchal ruling class may reject her.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un fed his powerful uncle to 120 hungry dogs, according to a detailed report in a newspaper with close ties to China's ruling Communist Party and reported by the ...

Narrator: Kim ... uncle's inner circle. Kim's rocky start as supreme leader continued as he pushed for North Korea to increase its nuclear arms program in 2013. In just six years, Kim Jong Un ...

South Korea has expressed “deep concerns” in connection with the surprise execution of Jang Song Thaek, once powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the Yonhap news agency reports.