And yet: some observers wonder whether a society as patriarchal as North Korea’s could accept a female leader. Under Mr Kim, ...

The magazine mentioning designating a successor to current ruler Kim is seen as an unusual move in a state that never ...

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N. Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a New Year visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, a symbolic site where the bodies of ...

The teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made her first known visit to a sacred family mausoleum, a step that ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised his troops fighting abroad as forging an "invincible alliance" with Russia in a ...

Dec. 17 (Asia Today) --North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun early Wednesday to mark the 14th anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Jong Il, North Korea's ...

North Koreans visit Mansudae Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2025, to offer flowers at bronze statues of former North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, marking the 14th anniversary of the ...

SEOUL, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Kim Yong Nam, the only person outside of the ruling Kim family dynasty to serve as North Korea's nominal head of state, has died, state media reported on Tuesday. Kim Yong Nam ...

Kim Yong Nam, a quintessential North Korean bureaucrat whose lifelong loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty allowed him to serve as the country’s ceremonial head of state for two decades, has died, state ...

In a country where political purges are frequent, Mr. Kim was a notable exception and served three generations of its dynastic rulers. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul Kim Yong-nam, North Korea’s ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Yong Nam, a quintessential North Korean bureaucrat whose lifelong loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty allowed him to serve as the country’s ceremonial head of state for two ...