A new internal threat is challenging the power of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. According to a research report of the South Korean Parliament, the head of North Korean Parliament, Cho Ryong He, ...

SEOUL--Where is Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader’s influential sister? That is a question many who watch the cloistered, nuclear-armed country are wondering after she failed to appear in ...

Kim Shin-jo, a prominent North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to ...

South Korea's benchmark Kospi index dropped 4.9 percent Monday before a partial recovery, as investors reacted to the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong II. A short-range missile was launched ...

Kim Jong Chol is Kim Jong Un's older brother who ... and later fought with the Soviet Union during World War II. He was able to consolidate power over what became North Korea immediately after ...

In December 2011 the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il died, and the country entered a new phase as his youngest son Kim Jong-un took power immediately. He was not even 30 years old at the time ...

North Korea said Monday it had relieved military chief Ri Yong-ho, a key aide to leader Kim Jong-un, of all his posts due to “illness” ― a move likely to significantly impact Pyongyang’s ...