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

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Kim Jong Il’s eldest son Kim Jong Nam — Kim Jong Un and Kim Jong Chul’s half-brother — was initially primed to be the next leader but he vanished from ...

Kim Jong Il, 1942-2011, was the eldest son of Kim Il Sung. Behind the scenes, Kim had been helping to run North Korea for nearly two decades when his father died.

It might imply something about where Kim Jong Il saw the country going in his absence, said Church. Much more of Robert's talk with Church is on tonight's All Things Considered.

North Korea on Friday commemorated the 10th anniversary of former leader Kim Jong Il’s death with calls for greater public loyalty toward his son and current leader Kim Jong Un, who is ...

Kim Jong Il took over when his father died of a heart attack in 1994. He will be remembered as one of the world's most repressive leaders. Kim was well regarded within North Korea ...

Kim Jong Il, North Korea's longtime leader, has died of heart failure. His death sparked immediate concern over who is in control of the reclusive state and its nuclear program.

— Kim Jong Il’s “On the Art of the Cinema” (1973) “What a wretched fate,” Shin Sang-Ok, now 77, remembers thinking after the meeting with the pudgy man in the gray Mao jacket.

During the years since Kim Jong-il's funeral, analysts paid close attention to any signs of this mystery woman on North Korean television, which is a crucial source that offer hints of information ...

Kim Yo Jong is the youngest child and only daughter of Kim Jong Il and his consort, the Japanese-born dancer Ko Yong Hui. Their oldest child is Kim Jong Chol, followed by Kim Jong Un, who is 34.

In the early '90s, North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, entered Japan using a fake Brazilian passport, where he reportedly visited Tokyo Disney.