ForbesChristopher Helman, Forbes Staff In the past few hours, Twitter has exploded with unsubstantiated rumors that the new North Korean dictator died in Beijing today and that a coup is underway in North Korea. So far there is no indication at all… more »

The New York Times / CHOE SANG-HUN SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea publicly declared the young heir Kim Jong-un supreme head of the country on Thursday before a giant rally in Pyongyang that culminated his ascent to the top of the hermetic Communis… more »

National Post / Peter Goodspeed KCNA/AFP/Getty ImagesKim Jong-Il with Jang Song-Thaek in 2009. Senior officials paraded solemnly before Kim Jong-il’s glass sarcophagus in Pyongyang’s Kumsusan Memorial Palace Tuesday to pay th… more »

(CNN) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead, North Korean state TV said Monday. Kim, 69, died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, state TV said.  A broadcaster reported that Kim died due to "overwork" after "dedicating his life to the people." South Korean new… more »

CR Posted pic By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- One day after South Korea staged exercises near Yeonpyeong Island marking the anniversary of North Korea's deadly shelling, the North's military threatened "a sea of fire" upon the South's presidential… more »