Kim Il Sung rose to power as a Soviet-backed guerrilla fighter who resisted the Japanese occupation of the Korean Peninsula in the 1930s. He founded the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea ...

During the long rule of Kim Il-sung, his second wife, Kim Song-ae, (stepmother to Kim Jong-il and Kim Kyong-hui), served as first lady from 1963-1974 and was active in North Korean political life ...

The Kim family has ruled North Korea since 1948. Photos show Kim Jong Un's relatives, ... Kim Jong Un and his uncle Jang Song Thaek during Kim Jong Il's funeral procession in 2011.

Early years Kim Jong Nam was born in 1971, the result of an affair between Kim Jong Il and North Korean actress Song Hye-rim, said Madden. The affair has been widely reported by international media.

On the second anniversary of the death of former North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, the nation held a memorial in his honor, lauding his life and achievements. CNN values your feedback 1.

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.

North Korea's Kim family tree, published February 17. Reuters. Late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who succeeded his father in 1994 and ruled until his death in 2011, fathered up to seven ...

In a country where revolutionary credentials help to determine legitimacy, the 26 year old has none of the experience of his father and none of the historic credentials of his grandfather, the first ...

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

On Thursday, a somber Kim Jong Un was flanked by top party and military officials at his father's memorial, including Kim Jong Il's younger sister, Kim Kyong Hui, and her husband, Jang Song Thaek ...

Mosaic murals installed at a factory in Pyongyang place current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the center between his predecessors, North Korean TV footage has shown, signifying the ongoing ...