Kim Yong Ju was effectively placed in confinement for half a century after losing a battle for power against his nephew, Kim Jong Il. A centenarian, Kim Yong Ju outlived his brother as well as ...

It wasn't a given that Kim Jong Il would succeed his father. Initially, Kim Il Sung's younger brother, Kim Yong Ju, seemed a potential candidate for succession in the late 1960s. His children from his ...

State media footage also showed leader Kim with his teenage daughter, known as Kim Ju Ae ... and predecessor, Kim Jong Il, and his third known partner, former dancer Ko Yong Hui.

Given her shocking and highly-publicized entrance into public society, many now believe Kim Ju Ae ... that Kim Jong Un had been 'internally appointed' as the successor to Kim Jong Il at the ...

In 2012, North Korean media announced that Kim had married a woman named Ri Sol Ju. Not much is known ... born in the early 1980s to Kim Jong Il and Ko Yong Hui. His birth year remains unconfirmed ...

Before defecting to South Korea in 1991, Ko was a diplomat in Pyongyang who served as an interpreter of French for the country’s founder, Kim Il ... Kim Jong Un’s daughter, Kim Ju Ae ...

Premier Choe Yong-rim, and Chairman of the National Defense Commission Kim Jong-il form a tripartite executive, each having powers equal to a third of a president's, controlling foreign relations ...