• Kim Jong-nam (Korean: 김정남, Korean: [kim.dzɔŋ.nam]; 10 May 1971 – 13 February 2017) was the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. From roughly...
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    On 13 February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of the general secretary of North Korea Kim Jong Un, was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International...
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  • is current Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. His older half-brother Kim Jong-nam was assassinated in February 2017. In 2007, Jong Chul was appointed deputy...
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    Kim Jong Un (born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) is a North Korean politician who has been supreme leader of North Korea since December 2011 and the general...
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    ruling family: Who is Kim Jong Nam?". U.S.: CNN. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017. "Kim Jong-nam Says N.Korean Regime...
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  • Kim Han-sol (Korean: 김한솔, born 16 June 1995) is the eldest son of Kim Jong-nam and a grandson of the former North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il. His father...
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    Kim Yo Jong (Korean: 김여정; born 26 September 1987) is a North Korean politician and diplomat, and sister of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. She is the Deputy...
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    Kim Jong Il (/ˌkɪm dʒɒŋˈɪl/; Korean: 김정일; Korean pronunciation: [kim.dzɔŋ.il]; born Yuri Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North...
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    The death of Kim Jong Il was reported by North Korean state television news on 19 December 2011. The presenter Ri Chun-hee announced that he had died on...
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    North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, the mother of former leader Kim Jong Il and grandmother of current leader Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong Suk was born on 24 December...
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    half-nephew Kim Jong-nam who gave frequent interviews with Japanese media, before he was assassinated in Kuala Lumpur in 2017. In July 2011, Kim was reported...
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  • Kim Kyong-hui (Korean: 김경희; born 30 May 1946) is the aunt of current North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un. She is the daughter of the founding North Korean...
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    Kim Ju-ae (Korean: 김주애; born c. 2012–2013) is a daughter of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol-ju. The North Korean government...
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    were once strong but deteriorated following the 2017 assassination of Kim Jong-nam in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia was once one of the few countries with which...
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  • Kim Sol-song (Korean: 김설송; born 30 December 1973) is the daughter of North Korea's former leader Kim Jong Il and Kim Young-sook. She has been active within...
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  • Kim Jong Un (who was relatively unknown at that time) would be appointed as his father's successor as Supreme Leader instead of Kim Jong-nam or Kim Jong-chul...
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    Kim Ok (Korean: 김옥; born 28 August 1964) is a former North Korean government employee who served as Kim Jong Il's personal secretary from the 1980s until...
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  • Kim Young-sook (김영숙; born 1947) was the second wife of Kim Jong Il.[failed verification] She was the daughter of a high-ranking military official, and...
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    Korean founder Kim Il Sung, the paternal grandfather of Kim Jong Il, and a great-grandfather of the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. Little is...
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  • Ko Yong Hui (category Kim family (North Korea))
    to Hong Il-chon), son Kim Jong-nam (born 1971 to Song Hye-rim), and daughter Kim Sol-song (born 1974 to Kim Young-sook). Kim Jong Il's second child with...
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    in several assassinations. The brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Nam, had the substance thrown in his face in Kuala Lumpur International...
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  • Kim Jeong-nam or Kim Jong-nam (Korean: 김정남) may refer to: Kim Jeong-nam (futsal), player for the South Korea national team at events such as the 2012...
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  • Jae-Cheon (2008-11-24). Kim Jong-il's Leadership of North Korea. Routledge. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-134-01712-6. Kim Ŭngu Ardent Patriot Kim Ung U KCNA News Archived...
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  • wife Kim Jong Suk. He was the younger brother of Kim Jong Il, the second leader of North Korea. Soviet records show that he was born Alexander Kim in 1943...
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  • first met Kim Il Sung in 1948. She was hired to work in his residence as an assistant to Kim Jong Suk, Kim Il Sung's first wife. After Kim Jong Suk's 1949...
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    North Korea, Kim Il Sung, the great-grandfather of Kim Jong Il, and great-great-grandfather of the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. He is buried...
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  • among members of the Kim Jong Il funeral committee, immediately after Kim Jong Un and the Politburo Presidium members (Kim Yong-nam, Choe Yong-rim and Ri...
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  • (Korean: 김복남 살인사건의 전말; Hanja: 金福南 殺人事件의 顚末; RR: Kim Bok-nam Salinsageonui Jeonmal; lit. "The Whole Story of the Kim Bok-nam Murder Case") is a 2010 South Korean...
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    Awarded to President Kim Il Sung". Korea in the 20th Century: 100 Significant Events. Translated by Kim Yong-nam; Kim Kyong-il; Kim Jong-shm. Pyongyang: Foreign...
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  • 1970s, but he fell out of favour in 1974 following a power struggle with Kim Jong Il. From 1998 until his death in 2021, he held the ceremonial position...
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