Kim Jong Un was still very much a child when he departed for Bern, the capital of Switzerland, in the summer of 1996 to join his older brother Kim Jong Chol at school.

Kim Jong Un was shipped to Switzerland around age 12 in 1996 during the devastating North Korean famine that killed up to 3 million people.

The Kim family has ruled North Korea since 1948. Photos show Kim Jong Un's relatives, from his grandfather to his daughter, ...

But where exactly did Kim Jong Un go to school in Switzerland? While the details of Kim's life and education in Switzerland aren't 100 percent clear, it is believed he attended at least two ...

While Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father, was the heir apparent, Kim's path to command was far less certain. Then it was off to Switzerland to attend boarding school.

Switzerland offers to mediate amid rising tension with North Korea. THE country where Kim Jong-un went to school as a basketball-playing student has stepped in with an 11th hour offer of help.

A North Korean delegation, led by the chief of the country's major military school, has left for Russia, Pyongyang's state ...

CNN Opinion interviewed Sung-Yoon Lee about Kim Yo Jong’s remarkable rise in North Korea’s highly patriarchal society, and how much power she really wields beyond the tough talk.

Kim Jong Un presides over military parade 02:40. Seoul — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has put on a very public show of force — with an apparent nod to the longevity of his ruling family's ...

Kim Jong Un and his brother stayed with their aunt while attending school in Switzerland. Kim Jong Un's aunt Ko Yong Suk and her husband, Ri Gang, in 2016. Yana Paskova for The Washington Post via ...