Kim Jong Un is the third member of the Kim family to serve as leader of North Korea. His grandfather Kim Il Sung was the first, and he started an unusual dynastic succession. Photos show how the ...

Kim Il Sung's son and political successor, Kim Jong Il, never claimed the title of "Great President," presumably out of deference to his father. Upon his death in 2012, Kim Jong Il was written ...

When Kim Il Sung died in 1994, his son Kim Jong Il took control – and when Kim Jong Il died, in December 2011, his son Kim Jong Un came to power. Western observers believe Kim Jong Un has three ...

Kim Il Sung, or his son Kim Jong Il, or both. The existence of pins dedicated to Kim Jong Un had not been verified until state media published photos on Sunday showing officials wearing his pins ...

nearly all private homes and public offices must display portraits of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung side by side, but including a portrait of the younger Kim had not been a requirement. It remains ...

Kim Jong-il was born in 1941 in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye. He would follow his father Kim Il-sung as the second leader of North Korea, living an extravagant and eccentric lifestyle ...