North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s youngest son has reportedly been named to the powerful National Defense Commission, an appointment analysts said Sunday indicates the 26-year-old is being groomed to take power amid tension over the country’s nuclear prog

The third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has been assigned to the country’s all-powerful National Defense Commission, a possible sign that he is being groomed as his father’s successor, a news report said Sunday.

The third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has been assigned to the country’s all-powerful National Defense Commission, a possible sign that he is being groomed as his father’s successor, a news report said Sunday.

A local Catholic Church official says South Korea’s Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan has died at age 87.

After apparently suffering a stroke last summer, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il seems to want to get President Barack Obama’s attention _ and fast.

The eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il indicated his father has not yet named a successor, a news report said Saturday.

North Korea’s reclusive leader has turned up for talks with a senior Chinese envoy, making his first such appearance in nearly a half year in an apparent bid to show he is fit despite reportedly suffering a stroke last August.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Il gave the strongest indication yet that he has recovered from a stroke by turning up for talks with a Chinese envoy Friday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il met Friday with a senior official from China in Pyongyang, Chinese state media reported, the first known contact between the reclusive leader and a foreign dignitary since he reportedly fell ill last August.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il met Friday with a senior official from China in Pyongyang, Chinese state media reported, the first known meeting between the reclusive leader and a foreign dignitary since he reportedly fell ill last August.