Sources: BBC
Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, leads thousands of officials in a memorial service for his father Kim Jong-il, the former leader, who died on 17 December 2011. 2012-12-16
South Korea lifts a temporary ban that it placed on travel to North Korea after the death of Kim Jong-Il. 2012-01-3
Kim Jong-un is acknowledged as the new supreme leader of North Korea at the conclusion of a state funeral for his father. 2011-12-29
The "Chosunilbo" newspaper in South Korea reports that Kim Pyong-il, the half-brother of current North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, is under house arrest in Pyongyang. 2011-07-1
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il arrives in Beijing for a meeting with the President of the People's Republic of China, Hu Jintao. 2011-05-25
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's eldest son Kim Jong-nam says his father opposed the hereditary transfer of power, but did so to ensure stability. 2011-01-28
Kim Jong-il's eldest son, Kim Jong-nam, announces his opposition to the hereditary succession plan in North Korea which would see power transferred to his younger brother Kim Jong-un. 2010-10-12
A senior North Korean official, Yang Hyong Sop, confirms that Kim Jong-un will succeed his father Kim Jong-il in an interview with the Associated Press. 2010-10-8
A rare congress of the Korean Workers' Party in North Korea is postponed amid speculation about the health of Kim Jong-il. 2010-09-13
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il arrives in China on a rare foreign visit. 2010-05-3