Some experts in South Korea assess that the North's reservations regarding Kim's birthday may be aimed at distracting public attention from the leader's mother, Ko Yong-hui, originally a Korean ...

It was only after Kim Jong-un turned 3 or 4 years old that his mother, Ko Yong-hui, told her father, Ko Kyong-taek, that she was living with Kim Jong-il. Speaking at the event, Cheong explained ...