Jang Jong-nam
General Jang Jong-nam is a former defence minister of North Korea.
He is believed to be in his 50s.
Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong- un( officially transcribed Kim Jong Un;;; born 8 January 1983 or 1984) is a North Korean politician who has been the supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea since 2012.
He is the second child of Kim Jong -il( 1941 – 2011), who was North Korea's second leader from 1994 to 2011, and Ko Yong- hui( 1952–2004).
He is the grandson of Kim Il- sung, who was the founder and led North Korea from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.
From late 2010, Kim Jong- un was viewed as heir apparent to the leadership of North Korea, and following the elder Kim's death, North Korean state television announced him as the" Great Successor".
Kim holds the titles of Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea( as First Secretary between 2012 and 2016), Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, commander- in- chief( as SAC chairman), and member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea, the highest decision- making body in North Korea.
Kim was promoted to the rank of Marshal of North Korea in the Korean People's Army on 18 July 2012, consolidating his position as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
North Korean state media often refers to him as Marshal Kim Jong- un," the Marshal" or" Dear Respected."
Kim rules a dictatorship where elections are not free and fair, government critics are persecuted, media is controlled by the regime, internet access is limited by the regime, and there is no freedom of religion.
His regime operates an extensive network of prisons and labor camps; the regime convicts people for political crimes and uses collective punishment whereby members of a family get punished for the crimes of one person.
According to the United Nations, North Koreans live under" systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations" where the regime" seeks to dominate every aspect of its citizens ’ lives and terrorizes them from within."
The regime exerts extensive control over the North Korean economy, with substantial state- controlled economic enterprises and significant restrictions on North Koreans' ability to engage in foreign economic activity.
" Forbes" magazine ranked Kim as the 36th most powerful person in the world in 2018 and the highest amongst Koreans.
On 12 December 2013, Kim ordered the execution of his uncle Jang Song- thaek for" treachery".
Kim is widely believed to have ordered the assassination of his half- brother, Kim Jong- nam, in Malaysia in February 2017.
In 2018, Kim Jong- un and South Korean President Moon Jae- in met twice in Panmunjom on the border between North and South, and once in Pyongyang.
On 12 June 2018, Kim and US President Donald Trump met for a summit in Singapore, the first- ever talks held between a North Korean leader and a sitting US President, to discuss the North Korean nuclear program.
A follow- up meeting in Hanoi in February 2019 ended abruptly without an agreement.
On 25 April 2019, Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their first summit in Vladivostok, Russia.
On 30 June 2019, Kim met with both South Korean President Moon Jae- in and Trump at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Kim Jong-chul
Kim Jong-chul (born 25 September 1981), sometimes spelled Kim Jong Chol, is a son of former North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il.
His younger brother is Kim Jong-un, now the leader of North Korea.
His older half-brother was Kim Jong-nam, who was assassinated in February 2017.
In 2007, Jong-chul was appointed deputy chief of a leadership division of the Workers' Party of Korea.
However, on 15 January 2009, the South Korean Yonhap News Agency reported that Kim Jong-il appointed his youngest son, Jong-un, to be his successor, passing over Jong-nam and Jong-chul.
These reports were supported in April 2009 when Kim Jong-un assumed a low-level position within the ruling Workers' Party, since Kim Jong-il was groomed by his own father, Kim Il-sung, in a similar way before becoming North Korean leader in 1994.
Woo In-hee
Woo In-hee( died 1981) was a North Korean actress and a mistress of Kim Jong- il.
Having reached stardom in the 1960s and 1970, Woo, renowned for her beauty, acted in dozens of films.
She married Yoo Hosun, a famed film director, but she was involved in affairs outside of her marriage.
In the late 1970s, she became a secret mistress of Kim Jong- il.
After Woo began an affair with another man, Kim had her publicly executed in front of 6,000 people.
Kim Hyong-jik
Kim Hyŏng- jik( 10 July 1894 – 5 June 1926) was a Korean independence activist.
He was the father of North Korean founder Kim Il- sung, the paternal grandfather of Kim Jong -il, and great- grandfather of the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong- un.
Hong Il-chon
Hong Il- chon( born 1942) was the first wife of Kim Jong- il.
She was the daughter of a soldier who died during the Korean War.
In the early 1960s, Kim Il- sung, father of Kim Jong -il, introduced her to his son and handpicked her to marry him in 1966.
Her only daughter is named Kim Hye- gyong, born in 1968, and is the first child of Kim Jong- il.
They divorced in 1969.
Hong Il- chon held a degree in Russian Literature from Kim Il-sung University.
After her divorce from Kim Jong -il, she was still active in politics and educational affairs.
She became one of the members of the Supreme People's Assembly during the period between 1977 and 1991.
After she withdrew from the Assembly, she was appointed as principal of Kim Hyong Jik University of Education in September 1991.
She retired from that post in July 2012 at the age of 70.
Kim Jong-nam
Kim Jong-nam (10 May 1971 – 13 February 2017) was the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
From roughly 1994 to 2001, he was considered the heir apparent to his father.
He was thought to have fallen out of favour after embarrassing the regime in 2001 with a failed attempt to visit Tokyo Disneyland with a false passport, although Kim himself said his loss of favour had been due to advocating reform.
Kim was exiled from North Korea 2003, becoming an occasional critic of his family's regime.
His younger paternal half-brother, Kim Jong-un, was named heir apparent in September 2010.
Kim died on 13 February 2017 in Malaysia as the result of an apparent assassination, likely conducted by North Korea, with VX nerve agent.
Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-il (officially transcribed Kim Jong Il; ; ; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was the second leader of North Korea.
He ruled from the death of his father Kim Il-sung, the first leader of North Korea in 1994 until his own death in 2011.
In the early 1980s, Kim had become the heir apparent for the leadership of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and assumed important posts in the party and army organs.
Kim succeeded his father and DPRK founder Kim Il-sung, following the elder Kim's death in 1994.
Kim was the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK),
WPK Presidium, Chairman of the National Defence Commission (NDC) of North Korea and the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the fourth-largest standing army in the world.
Kim assumed supreme leadership during a period of catastrophic economic crisis amidst the dissolution of the Soviet Union, on which it was heavily dependent for trade in food and other supplies, which brought a famine.
While the famine had ended by the late 1990s, food scarcity continued to be a problem throughout his tenure due in part to the country's mountainous geography unsuited for high-yielding agriculture as well as externally-imposed sanctions due to concerns about the country's human rights situation.
Kim strengthened the role of the military by his "Songunmilitary-first") policies, making the army the central organizer of civil society.
Kim's rule also saw tentative economic reforms, including the opening of the Kaesong Industrial Park in 2003.
In April 2009, North Korea's constitution was amended to refer to him and his successors as the "supreme leader of the DPRK".
Outside observers have characterized him as a dictator and accused him of human rights violations.
The most common colloquial title given to Kim was "Dear Leader" to distinguish him from his father Kim Il-sung, the "Great Leader".
Following Kim's failure to appear at important public events in 2008, foreign observers assumed that Kim had either fallen seriously ill or died.
On 19 December 2011, the North Korean government announced that he had died two days earlier, whereupon his third son, Kim Jong-un, was promoted to a senior position in the ruling WPK and succeeded him.
After his death, Kim was designated the "Eternal General Secretary" of the WPK and the "Eternal Chairman of the National Defence Commission", in keeping with the tradition of establishing eternal posts for the dead members of the Kim dynasty.
Kim Han-sol
Kim Han-sol( born 16 June 1995) is the eldest son of Kim Jong -nam and a grandson of the former North Korean ruler, Kim Jong- il.
His father was the unofficial heir- apparent until 2001, when he fell out of favor with the regime after a failed attempt to secretly visit Japan's Disneyland in May 2001.
Kim Han-sol's half- uncle, Kim Jong- un, was named the heir apparent in September 2010, and succeeded Kim Jong- il upon the latter's death in December 2011.
Kim Young-sook
Kim Young- sook( born 1947) was the third wife of Kim Jong- il.
She was the daughter of a high- ranking military official, and was a switchboard operator in North Hamgyong Province before moving to Pyongyang.
Kim Jong- il's father, Kim Il- sung, handpicked her to marry his son.
The two had been estranged for some years before his death.
Kim Young- sook had a daughter from this marriage, Kim Sul-song( born 1974).
She was First Lady of North Korea from 1994 to late 2011.
Song Hye-rang, the sister of Kim Jong- il's second wife Song Hye-rim, mentioned that she is" insignificant to Kim Jong -il, apart from being a legitimate wife in front of Kim Il-sung.
She did not even have an identity card in North Korea" as noted in her memoir" Rattan house".

Question: Who is the paternal grandfather of Kim Jong-Nam?
Answer: Kim Il-sung