Senior official known for his loyalty to the Kim family served as head of Supreme People’s Assembly for two decades.

When he died in December 2011, Kim Jong-il left behind more than a dynastic regime and a closet full of drab pantsuits. Jong-il, who ruled the hermetic North Korea from his father Kim Il Sung’s death ...

In a country where political purges are frequent, Mr. Kim was a notable exception and served three generations of its ...

Kim Yong Nam, a quintessential North Korean bureaucrat whose lifelong loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty allowed him to serve as the country’s ceremonial head of state for two decades, has died, state ...

North Korea's state media announced on Tuesday that Kim Yong Nam, the country's longtime ceremonial head of state, has died ...

In February 2018, he travelled to South Korea with Kim Jong Un’s influential sister, Kim Yo Jong, to attend the opening ...