North Korea's Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee, was scheduled to fly to the United States on Wednesday after speaking to Chinese officials in Beijing.

Kim started attending Kim Il Sung Military University with his older brother Kim Jong Chol. Although his father, Kim Jong Il, hadn't formally declared an heir, Kim Jong Un was widely seen as his ...

On any other day, Kim Yong Chol, a top North Korean official, might have passed through Beijing airport unrecognized. On May 29, senior video journalist Raf Wober, who is based in Hong Kong but also ...