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.

Kim Jong Un is the third member of the Kim family to serve as leader of North Korea. His grandfather Kim Il Sung was the first, and he started an unusual dynastic succession. Photos show how the ...

Here's everything we know about Kim's mysterious life and family. Kim Jong Un is believed to have been born in the early 1980s to Kim Jong Il and Ko Yong Hui. His birth year remains unconfirmed by ...