North Korea has never formally announced who would succeed Kim Jong-un as supreme leader if he is incapacitated ... He became leader when his father Kim Jong-il died in 2011 from a heart attack.

North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-un waves during a visit to a military regiment as officers applaud in this undated photo ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited Kim Il Sung University of Politics on the 80th anniversary of its founding, stressing ...

Analysts have concluded the supreme leader - whose father famously ... golf has featured in the country's politics. Kim's father, Kim Jong il, boasted of his prowess with the irons back in 1994 ...

North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un inspected a project to build a nuclear-powered submarine, state media reported on ...

Kim Jong-Un, 36, has led North Korea since the death of his father, Kim Jong-Il, in 2011. Since he took the helm of the ...

1991 – Is named commander in chief of North Korea’s ... October 2, 2007 – Roh Moo Hyun, President of South Korea, meets with Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. September 9, 2008 – According to ...

The commander of U.S. Pacific Command said he believes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is pursuing nuclear weapons to eventually reunify the Korean peninsula. North Korea conducted ICBM and ...

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has threatened a high-profile response to the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in South Korea and other U.S. military activities.