Kim (R) applauds with his wife Ri Sol-Ju (L) during a performance by the Moranbong band in Pyongyang in 2012. KCNA via Reuters
Source: Business Insider
Kim's first child is believed to be a boy, born in 2010, and his second child was likely a daughter born in 2013. The fact that Kim has at least one male heir likely means that he could eventually succeed Kim to continue the family's dictatorship dynasty.
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But the gender of Kim's third child, remains unknown. The child is believed to have been born in February 2017.
Kim participates in a meeting in Pyongyang on September 4, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS
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Kim has not discussed his children in public, but he reportedly made a rare, personal comment about his children to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2018, according to the former CIA officer who helped coordinate the Singapore summit.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 9, 2018. North Korea"s Korean Central News Agency/Reuters
Sources: Reuters, The Wall Street Journal
"I'm a father and a husband. And I have children," Kim told Pompeo, according to retired CIA officer Andrew Kim. "And I don't want my children to carry the nuclear weapon on their back their whole life."
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un sits in his vehicle after arriving at the Dong Dang railway station, Vietnam, at the border with China, February 26, 2019. Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha
Sources: Reuters, The Wall Street Journal
Kim reportedly made the comments after Pompeo asked whether he would be willing to abandon his nuclear ambitions.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on May 9, 2018 in Pyongyang. KCNA / via REUTERS
Sources: Reuters, The Wall Street Journal
Kim's daughter is named Ju Ae, according to Dennis Rodman, who said he met the child in 2013. "I held their baby Ju Ae and spoke with Ms. Ri as well. a good dad and has a beautiful family," Rodman told The Guardian.
Kim watches a basketball game with Dennis Rodman at Pyongyang Indoor Stadium on January 9, 2014. REUTERS/KCNA
Source: The Guardian
The kids' exact ages and birth years have been difficult to pin down, but can be roughly inferred from the lengthy periods in which Ri has mysteriously vanished from public life.
Kim and his wife Ri watch a performance by the Moranbong Band at the April 25 House of Culture in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang in 2014. Reuters/KCNA
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In late 2016, media outlets began noticing that Ri had not been seen for roughly seven months, sparking fears that she had perhaps fallen out of favor with Kim.
Kim stands next to Ri as they attend the 2014 Combat Flight Contest among commanding officers of the Korean People's Air Force in 2014. KCNA via Reuters
Sources: Fox News,Chosun Ilbo
But intelligence sources later reported that the absence had most likely been due to her pregnancy and that she had given birth in early 2017.
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Kim Jong Un and Ri Sol Ju in an undated photo. North Korea"s Korean Central News Agency/AP
Sources: Fox News,Chosun Ilbo
Similarly, news outlets speculated on her prolonged public absence back in 2012, which was later attributed to a pregnancy.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and his wife Ri Sol-Ju arrive at an auditorium to enjoy a performance given by the Moranbong Band in 2012. KCNA via Reuters
Sources: HuffPost,Chosun Ilbo
There are no public photos of Kim and Ri's children, but the couple do occasionally pose for propaganda photos with other people's kids, like in this photo at a children's hospital in 2014.
Kim Jong un and his wife Ri Sol Ju play with children during a visit to the Taesongsan General Hospital in 2014. KCNA via Reuters
Source: Business Insider
Kim and Ri sit during a visit to the Pyongyang Myohyangsan Children's Camp at the foot of Mt. Myohyang in North Phyongan Province in 2013. KCNA via Reuters
Source: Business Insider
The youth of Kim's children was speculated to be one of the reasons Kim promoted his sister in October 2017 to a top position in his government: the head of the propaganda department of the Worker's Party of Korea.
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, attends the opening of the Ryomyong residential area in Pyongyang on April 13, 2017. Associated Press/Wong Maye-E
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Some have wondered whether she could take over in case something happens to Kim before his children grow old enough to rule.
People watch a TV news program showing Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on Nov. 27, 2014. AP
Source: The New York Times
Though Kim Yo Jong is often seen by her brother's side and is the most powerful woman in North Korea, her high-ranking position doesn't mean indefinite protection. Kim is known to turn on family members quickly when they fall out of favor. It's widely suspected that he orchestrated the plot to murder his half-brother Kim Jong Nam in 2017.
Kim Jong Nam arrives at Beijing airport in Beijing, China, in this photo taken by Kyodo February 11, 2007. Reuters/KYODO Kyodo
Source: PBS
The secrecy around Kim's children is not unusual for his family — there are still contested claims over the number of children and wives Kim's father and grandfather had.
Kim Il Sung visits a fruit farm in North Hwanghae, North Korea in 1979. KCNA via Associated Press
Source: CNN
Kim Jong Il, who ruled North Korea until his death in 2011, is believed to have had seven children with four women, only one of whom was his legal wife. His third son, Kim Jong Un, sidelined his older brothers to become the new supreme leader of the Hermit Kingdom.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (L) visits the Pyongyang Grand Theater in 2009. REUTERS/KCNA
Source: CNN
