Jang Song-thaek (January or February 1946 – 12 December 2013) was a North Korean politician. He was married to Kim Kyong-hui, the only daughter of North...

and execution of several North Korean officials including his uncle, Jang Song-thaek, in 2013. He is also widely believed to have ordered the assassination...

who was North Korea's first female four-star general and married to Jang Song-thaek, who was the second most powerful person in North Korea before his...

WPK Light Industry Department from 1988 to 2012. She was married to Jang Song-thaek, who was executed in December 2013 in Pyongyang, after being charged...

Sciences Po university. Following the execution of his grand uncle Jang Song-thaek in December 2013, he was placed under police protection. He completed...

Jang Myong-hui and Jang Song-kil, which would make him the nephew of Jang Song-thaek. He served in the Korean People's Army between 1980 and 1984 and attended...

Service Center, Kim Jong-chul personally led the arrest of his uncle Jang Song-thaek in 2013. Some analysts believe that this signalled an expanded role...

working as power broker for Kim Jong Un. Choe, considered a protégé of Jang Song-thaek, is seen as part of a plan by Kim Jong Un to restore party control...

that of Jiang Qing in China during the Culture Revolution, Jang Jin-sung referred to Kim Song-ae as the "North Korean mirror image of Jiang Qing". In 1965...

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...

Korea, to Song Hye-rim, one of four women known to have had children with Kim Jong Il. Because Kim Jong Il aimed to keep his affair with Song a secret...

late 2014, she reportedly married Choe Song, the second son of government official Choe Ryong-hae. Choe Song is thought to be a fellow alumnus of Kim...

Cheonnae-gun, South Hamgyeong Province. As the elder brother of Jang Seong-gil and Jang Song-thaek, he was the chief commander of the 1983 Rangoon bombing at...

corruption in North Korea, when laying out the accusations against Jang Song-thaek after his execution in December 2013. The statement mentions bribery...

Yong-hui 1952–2004 Kim Ok 1964– Kim Kyong-hui 1946– Jang Song-thaek 1946–2013 Kim Pyong Il 1954– Kim Sol-song 1974– Kim Jong-nam 1971–2017 Kim Jong-chul 1981–...

(2019). Inside North Korea's Theocracy: The Rise and Sudden Fall of Jang Song-thaek. Translated by Jinna Park. Albany: State University of New York Press...

January 12, 2016. "Even by North Korean standards, this announcement of Jang Song Thaek's execution is intense". Washington Post. December 12, 2013. Archived...

Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, executes his Uncle, Jang Song-thaek, as a "traitor for all ages." Jang Song-thaek's execution was said to be set up by his own...

Jang, Chang and (less often) Zang are romanizations of the common Korean surname 장. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 1,021,107 people...

Workers' Party of Korea politician who was reportedly purged with Jang Song-thaek and his associates. Pak Chu-hong was an official of the Central Committee...

married to Choe Jin-ok. He is reported to have been an ally of the late Jang Song-thaek. As of 25 August 2016[update], Hyon is reported to have been recalled...

Chinese SIM cards to access Chinese porn sites. When Kim Jong Un's uncle Jang Song-thaek was executed in 2013, distributing pornography was counted among his...

1968 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...

confiscating popular bootleg CDs of her performances", such as her singing the song "Sobaeksu". In 2012, she was reportedly a graduate student at Kim Il Sung...

Song Hye-rim (Korean: 성혜림; 24 January 1937 – 18 May 2002) was a North Korean actress, best known for being the one-time favored mistress of Kim Jong Il...

Yong-hui 1952–2004 Kim Ok 1964– Kim Kyong-hui 1946– Jang Song-thaek 1946–2013 Kim Pyong Il 1954– Kim Sol-song 1974– Kim Jong-nam 1971–2017 Kim Jong-chul 1981–...

used by Kim Jong Il, his sister Kim Kyong Hui and his brother-in-law Jang Song Thaek. Since he succeeded his father as leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un...

Finland, Poland, and the Czech Republic. Kim is the son of Kim Il Sung and Kim Song-ae, Kim Il Sung's former secretary. Kim had one younger brother, Yong-il...

general meeting. She had been regarded as a protégé of the executed Jang Song-thaek. A graduate of Kim Il Sung University, Ro became vice-chair of the...

Father: Kim Ung-u (김응우; 17 June 1848 – 4 October 1878) Grandfather: Kim Song-ryeong (김송령; 1 December 1810 – 12 March 1899) Grandmother: Na Hyon-jik (나현직;...