Note: a version of this biography was first published on the 38 North affiliate blog, North Korean Leadership Watch. Kim Yong Chol pictured behind US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...Read More
Kim Jong Un speaks on the first day of the 5th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee on the Workers’ Party of Korea, December 2019. (Photo: KCNA via Reuters)...Read More
(Photo: Thuận Khánh) Despite her auspicious family ties and her perch at the top of North Korea’s political heap, the career of Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader’s younger...Read More
November 18 marked the one-year anniversary of Kim Jong Un’s (KJU) daughter, Kim Ju Ae, being in the public eye. That first observed public appearance, and the 19 subsequent events...Read More