Jang Song Taek possible successor to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il
Jang Song Taek, brother-in-law to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, is seen in a photo released by the North Korea's official news agency KCNA on April 10, 2009. Jang Song Taek, 63, is a member of the National Defense Commission and a possible successor to Kim Jong Il. (UPI Photo/KNCA News Agency)
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Added December 28, 2011 with 7 photos
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il was commemerated in the North Korean capitol of Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. Crowds of wailing citizens lined the streets as his body was driven through the city, and his son and successor Kim Jong Un made a rare public appearance.
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Added December 19, 2011 with 10 photos
With the recent deaths of North Korean despot Kim Jong-il and Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, take a look back at some of the men whose iron grips on their countries regrettably shaped the 20th and 21st centuries.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was dead at least 48 hours before U.S. or South Korean officials knew about it, intelligence sources told The New York Times.
SEOUL, March 5 (UPI) -- The likely successor to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has been formally invited to visit China, officials said.
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- South Korea says North Korea has revived a special party bureau to oversee and raise slush funds for leader Kim Jong-il and the North's ruling elites.
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Kim Jong-un, North Korea's designated future leader, is building luxury homes for himself while the population goes hungry, intelligence reports indicate.
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- South Korean scholars and analysts say the New Year could bring more potentially serious frictions with neighboring North Korea.
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A South Korean official said Sunday he didn't believe much came from last week's visit to North Korea by a top Chinese envoy.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs said Sunday Chinese cooperation will be key to responding to North Korea's new nuclear plant.
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A South Korean trade official said free trade talks with the United States would continue one day before a presidential meeting on the issue.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- North Korea announced Saturday that a high-level Chinese military delegation had arrived to mark the 60th anniversary of China's entry into the Korean War.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The eldest son of North Korea leader Kim Jong-il said he's against the hereditary power transfer under way but will support his younger brother.
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