People from Pyongyang

Kim Jong Un is a North Korean politician and dictator who has served as the supreme leader of North Korea since 2011, following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il. He is the third ruler from the Kim dynasty to lead the country, which was founded by his grandfather Kim Il Sung. Kim holds the positions of general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs Commission, as well as the highest offices in the North Korean military.

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994

North Korean politician and diplomat, sister of Kim Jong Un

Oldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (1971-2017)

North Korean politician (1928–2025)

South Korean politician (1944-)

Consort of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Il (1952–2004)

daughter of founding North Korean leader Kim Il-sung and sister of the late leader Kim Jong-il

North Korean politician and Kim Il-sung's younger brother

Ethnic Korean soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army, Soviet Red Army, and German Wehrmacht

North Korean diplomat

Catholic bishop

North Korean politician and diplomat

US soldier who defected to North Korea

Korean writer, poet, novelists (1896–1951)

North Korean defector and South Korean politician

daughter of Kim Jong-il

North Korean bureaucrat and politician

defector from North Korea

South Korean aviator (1901-1988)

Korean writer (1900–1951)

North Korean activist

American linguist (1908-1948)

North Korean politician and military officer

North Korean student, ruling family member

South Korean composer (1906–1965)

South Korean writer (1900-1979)

North Korean military officer (1933–2023)

wife of Kim Jong-il, ruler of North Korea

South Korean catholic bishop

Korean singer-actor

South Korean actor

North Korean politician (1904-1983)

Korean independence activist (1895-1971)

South Korean bishop (1926–2024)

soldier and younger brother of Kim Il-sung deceased in battle

North Korean singer

North Korean politician, ambassador

great grandfather of Kim Il-sung

South Korean activist (1928–2025)

Japanese actor, film director and screenwriter (1932-1997)

North Korean politician

Korean politician

North Korean politician

North Korean politician (1931–2012)

North Korean politician and literary critic

North Korean footballer

South Korean writer

North Korean politician

Russian politician

Korean far-right activist (1902-1950)

South Korean actress

first wife of Kim Jong-il

North Korean defector (1960-1997)

South Korean politician (1898–1983)

North Korean politician and military officer (born 1946)

Korean entomologist (1908–1950)

North Korean politician

paternal grandmother of Kim Il-sung

South Korean architect