September 9, 2008 – According to US and South Korean intelligence, Kim Jong Il has been suffering from severe health problems and may have had a stroke. January 2009 – Reports from South Korea ...

Kim Ju-ae has long accompanied her dictator ... until North Korea revealed Mr. Kim as successor following Kim Jong-il’s stroke in 2008. Han Song's Strange Prescience: In his stories, the author ...

The girl – tentatively identified as Kim Ju-ae – appeared on stage at North Korea's National Day celebrations earlier this month. She was one of several children performing a song for Kim Jong ...

But amid rumours that his father Kim Jong Il disapproved of the match ... just months after his father suffered a debilitating stroke. But it wasn't until three years later that she made ...

Rumors have swirled around North Korean leader Kim Jong Un since he took power in 2011. Long absences from public view have prompted speculation about his health and who would succeed him.

As Kim Jong-il recovered from a stroke in August 2008 his brother-in-law, Jang Song-thaek, acted in the former’s stead. (After Kim Jong-il’s death, Jang was tasked to help mentor Kim Jong-un ...

Kim Jong-il apparently began the succession process for his son only after recovering from his stroke in 2008, which contrasted sharply with Kim Jong-il’s much longer apprenticeship under DPRK ...

with the marriage arranged in a hurry by the late Kim Jong-il after he suffered a stroke in 2008. According to South Korean intelligence, the couple have three children together. Former US ...

Kim Jong Il, hastily arranged the marriage after he suffered a stroke in 2008. The couple is believed to have become parents about a year into their marriage, with reports indicating that they had ...