Though at one point Kim Pyong-il was a viable successor to Kim Il-sung, his forty year absence from Pyongyang’s political sphere will make it difficult to attain the support necessary to take Kim Jong ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a symposium asking what happens if Kim Jong-un died. To read the other parts of the series click here. Regime preservation within the Kim family is what I think is of ...

As of this writing, no one in the Western media can confirm with 100% certainty, what happened or wher Kim Jong Un currently is and whether or not he is alive. Some reports suggest that the North ...

Despite speculation that Kim Jong Un’s sister and closest confidant, Kim Yo Jong, might be next in line to take over leadership of North Korea, the dictator’s uncle Kim Pyong Il also has emerged as a ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon, Intern Reporter Kang Joo-hee] Tae Gumin (Tae Young-ho), a defector and the elected member of the Future United Party for Seoul Gangnam Gap, said on the 23rd that ...

The half-brother of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was recently appointed Pyongyang’s top envoy to the Czech Republic after serving 17 years as ambassador to Poland, a South Korean government ...

(Bloomberg) -- Of all the family members who could eventually take the reins from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his sister seems like the obvious choice. Kim Yo Jong, in her early 30s, has been by ...

As reports swirl about whether Kim Jong Un’s younger sister is a candidate to replace him should he die, a South Korean think tank reported Wednesday that she has been gaining power in the Hermit ...

Membership of North Korea's ruling dynasty brings enormous privilege, but for anyone who falls foul of the power games there is a potentially fatal price to pay. The assassination of leader Kim ...

When Kim Jong-un went conspicuously missing for a month back in 2014, North Korean state media finally put rumors about the young dictator’s status to bed by announcing he was very much alive, just ...