North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was secretly anointed as the future heir to his father Kim Jong Il at the age of eight, according to the statements by the younger Mr Kim’s aunt and her husband ...

Kim Jong Un is believed to have been born in the early 1980s to Kim Jong Il and Ko Yong Hui. His birth year remains unconfirmed by the North Korean government, which is a contrast to how his ...

Kim Jong Il, died in late 2011. The current Kims are the third generation of their family to rule North Korea, and their leadership is based on a personality cult established after their ...

The size of the whole leadership complex is around 12 km2 (4.6 sq mi). According to Kim Jong Il’s former bodyguard Lee Young Guk, there are at least eight North Korean leaders’ residences ...