In a photo provided by the North Korean government, a senior official wears a pin with the image of Kim Jong Un during a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party on Sunday in Pyongyang. For the first time, North Korean officials have been seen wearing lapel pins with the image of leader Kim Jong Un, another sign the North is …
The Kim family has governed North Korea since Soviet leader Joseph Stalin installed clan patriarch Kim Il Sung as head of state after World War II. Kim Jong Il had at least three wives, according to Seoul’s government, but Kim Jong Un’s mother was never accepted by Kim Il Sung. Kim Jong Nam’s son Kim Han Sol, mentioned by North …
