A new book reveals that the leader's maternal grandfather was a Japan-based smuggler who had to flee to North Korea to escape ...

Kim Jong Nam lived in exile from North Korea since the early 2000s. He was a critic of the regime, and his half-brother Kim Jong Un ...

There’s not much publicly known about the mother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. She wasn’t part of the ruling Kim family ...

Kim Jong Un has executed or purged a slew of high-level officials since succeeding his father in 2011. South Korea has blamed North Korea for Kim Jong Nam's death without providing evidence.

Chemical weapons in North Korea are managed by the Nuclear-Chemical Defense Bureau, which sits within the regime’s army and ...

Kim Jong Nam died Feb. 13 shortly after two women put the substance on his face while he was checking in for a flight at the Kuala Lumpur airport in Malaysia's capital.

“Kim Jong Nam long advocated for a pro-reform approach in North Korea and openly encouraged (Pyongyang) to follow China’s example,” said Zhao.

FILE - This May 4, 2001, file photo shows Kim Jong Nam, exiled half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in Narita, Japan. No cause of death has been determined yet for Kim Jong Nam who ...