Jang Song Thaek
April 26, 2013
SEOUL--Kim Kyong Hui has battled alcoholism and the killing of her lover to stand alongside her nephew, North Korea's youthful leader Kim Jong Un, as a reminder that he is the...
February 15, 2013
Senior U.S. administration officials held secret talks in North Korea on at least three occasions in 2011 and 2012, The Asahi Shimbun has learned.
October 16, 2012
SEOUL--South Korean government officials are trying to piece together why Kim Kyong Hui, the powerful aunt and mentor of North Korea's youthful leader Kim Jong Un, likely met...
October 06, 2012
SEOUL--Kim Kyong Hui, aunt and mentor of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, likely received medical treatment overseas and returned to the country on Oct. 4, according to a...
October 03, 2012
BEIJING--China quietly deferred a request by North Korea for its young leader to visit last month because the Chinese leadership was preoccupied with its once-in-a-decade...
August 24, 2012
BEIJING -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seeking an ice-breaking trip to key ally Beijing next month to meet China's outgoing and new leaders, a source with ties to...
August 18, 2012
BEIJING--Senior North Korean official Jang Song Thaek, who heads the country's economic policy, attended meetings with Chinese leaders Aug. 17 in Beijing, marking one step...
August 15, 2012
BEIJING--China and North Korea have decided to shore up joint development programs in North Korea's economic zones near the Chinese border.
August 14, 2012
BEIJING--A senior North Korean official who is believed to be heading the country's economic policy arrived in Beijing on Aug. 13 to discuss joint development of areas along...
August 14, 2012
SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle -- the man seen as the power behind the young and untested dictator -- went to Beijing on Aug. 13 in the latest signal that the...
January 04, 2012
SEOUL--Although North Korea is expected to continue prioritizing its military, one potentially influential member of Kim Jong Un's leadership group has been described as quiet...
December 29, 2011
SEOUL -- North Korea lauded the military might built up by deceased leader Kim Jong Il on Dec. 29, likely tying his young successor to the same policies that have set Northeast ...
December 28, 2011
SEOUL -- Young and untested, Kim Jong Un has all but taken over North Korea's leadership, with state media calling him "supreme commander" and "leader of the state, army and...
December 27, 2011
SEOUL--Kim Jong Il's funeral will be held Dec. 28 in Pyongyang with all eyes trained on members of the funeral committee, led by Kim Jong Un, the dead North Korean despot's...
December 25, 2011
PYONGYANG--North Korea on Dec. 25 aired footage showing the uncle and key patron of anointed heir Kim Jong Un wearing a military uniform with a general's insignia -- a strong...
December 24, 2011
SEOUL -- The power behind the throne in North Korea was a dashing accordion player in his youth, whose life changed when he met the daughter of autocratic founder Kim Il-Sung...
December 23, 2011
The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has pushed his untested third son into the leadership spotlight.
December 22, 2011
SEOUL--During a luncheon in Pyongyang at a North-South summit in 2007, senior North Korean officials rushed to Kim Jong Il's table to greet their leader. But one official...
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