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Kim Pyong Il (Korean: 김평일, Korean pronunciation: [kim.pʰjɔŋ.il]; born 10 August 1954) is the younger paternal half-brother of the former leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, and the only surviving son of former leader and president of North Korea Kim Il Sung.
Apr 29, 2020 · And now, with his nephew Kim Jong Un's health status unclear, his name is being bandied about again. Mr Kim Pyong Il, 65, is the last known surviving son of North Korea's founder,...
Testimony from defectors who have left North Korea points to a fierce rivalry between the two men during their youth, with Kim Jong-il from an early stage the designated successor to his father...
Feb 24, 2017 · Kim Pyong-il, 62. During the 1970s, Jong-il was involved in a legitimate power struggle to become his father’s hereditary successor. His father had a second wife with three children of her own.
The Kim family, officially the Mount Paektu bloodline in the ideological discourse of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), and often referred to as the Kim dynasty after the Cold War 's end, is a three-generation lineage of North Korean leadership, descending from the country's founder and first leader, Kim Il Sung.
Dec 5, 2019 · SEOUL -- The return of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle, Kim Pyong Il, after three decades in near exile has provided grist for the rumor mill over the fate of the 65-year-old who...
Apr 29, 2020 · With Kim Jong-un’s health still unclear, his uncle Kim Pyong-il is now being mentioned as a possible successor instead of his younger sister Kim Yo-jong.
