Their mythical “paektu” bloodline, named after the North’s most sacred mountain, allows only direct family members to rule the country. Kim Yo Jong rose to international prominence after her ...
Among them are current leader Kim Jong Un, son of Kim Jong Il and grandson of Kim Il Sung, as well as Kim Yo Jong, a deputy department director in the WPK and younger sister of Kim Jong Un. Kim ...
Jon, a key figure in North Korea’s financial network and former director of Office 39 — an agency managing the ruling family’s slush funds — introduced Ryu to Kim. Ryu recalled that Kim’s husband was ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave ...
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 ...
North Korea has begun celebrations for the anniversary of late former leader Kim Jong-il's birthday, a national holiday, by opening a commemorative photo exhibition, according to state media on ...
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has delivered a rare public rebuke to dozens of party officials for misconduct related to a "drinking spree", according to state media reports. During a meeting of ...
Kim's congratulatory message to Lukashenko came more than two weeks after his sister, Kim Yo-jong, publicly dismissed his Jan. 17 remarks — published by the Belarusian presidential office ...
SEOUL—Kim Jong Un enjoys absolute power across North Korea and is regarded as godlike by his own people. But one threat appears to loom large for the 41-year-old dictator: disloyalty from his ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s nuclear capability, state media reports.
It is the dictator who is seeking a meeting with the DPRK head. Deputy Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Division of the Central Committee of the North Korean Labour Party Kim Yo-jong, sister ...
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 ...