His father, Kim Jong Il, was a son of Kim Il Sung, and grabbed power after emerging victorious in family battles against his younger half-brother, Kim Pyong Il, and his stepmother, Kim Song Ae.

Kim Jong Il’s presence continued to increase, and in the 1970s, Kim Il Sung started telling those around him that his son would take over the leadership role. In July 1972, the South and North ...

In North Korea, entire families serve as hostages — and without family members left behind as leverage, one cannot serve as a ...

Donald Trump’s method of branding is straightforward. He slaps his name on a business, whether he owns it or not, and—boom—a ...

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Knocked Up, one of the biggest hits of all 2000s comedies, follows Seth Rogen as a fairly unmotivated guy whose hookup with a ...

A former North Korean diplomat revealed details about Kim Yo-jong’s marriage and children, shedding light on the secretive life of the powerful sister of Kim Jong-un.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said an elevated US security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country and vowed to bolster his nuclear weapons program further ...

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticised trilateral military cooperation among the United States, Japan and South Korea for raising tensions in the region and vowed countermeasures ...

Dozens of officials in North Korea found taking part in a “group drinking spree” are said to have been purged by a very unimpressed Kim Jong-un ... Kim Joo-il, a North Korean defector now ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country and vowed to further bolster ...

North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s government ...