Kim Yong-ju (Korean: 김영주; 1920 – 14 December 2021) was a North Korean politician and the younger brother of Kim Il Sung, who ruled North Korea from 1948 to 1994.

Dec 15, 2021 · SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Yong Ju, the younger brother of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung who was once regarded as the country’s No. 2 official before his nephew was anointed as the next ruler, has died, state media reported Wednesday.

Kim Yong-ju (Chosŏn'gŭl: 김영주; 1920 – 2021) was a North Korean politician. He was the younger brother of Kim Il-sung, who ruled North Korea from 1948 to 1994. [1]

Dec 15, 2021 · Kim Yong Ju, the younger brother of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung who played a major role in state affairs until being sidelined in the 1970s, has died at the age of 101.

Dec 15, 2021 · Kim Yong Ju, the younger brother of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, has died, according to state media. Kim Yong Yu was regarded as being the country's second most powerful figure before his nephew Kim Jong Il became ruler in 1994. North Korean state media has not reported exactly when he died.

Dec 15, 2021 · SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Yong Ju, the younger brother of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung who was once regarded as the country’s No. 2 official before his nephew was anointed as...

Jan 5, 2022 · Kim Yong Ju is known for introducing the notorious “chulsin-songbun” class system under which North Korean citizens are categorized into 51 groups in the three classes of “core,”...

Dec 15, 2021 · The news agency has not reported when and how Kim Yong Ju, a former honorary vice chairman of the standing committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, died. Kim Yong Ju was born in 1920 and was eight years younger than Kim Il …

2 days ago · Kim was born on 12 June 1916 in the Mangyongdae neighborhood of Pyongyang, when the peninsula was still under Japanese rule.His parents were Kim Hyong-jik, a Korean independence activist, and mother, Kang Pan-sok.His two brothers were Kim Il Sung, the first supreme leader of North Korea, and Kim Yong-ju, who became Honorary Vice President of the country's Supreme People's Assembly.

Dec 15, 2021 · Kim Yong-ju, a younger brother of North Korea’s late founder Kim Il-sung and once a powerful regime official, died on Wednesday, according to Pyongyang’s state media. The North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, had sent a wreath the day before to express condolences over his death, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).