Kim Jong Un’s Uncle Could Be a Possible Successor in North Korea: Experts

However, some experts aren't so sure

Kim Pyong Il in a file photo. Frantisek Vlcek/ISIFA/SIPA via The Associated Press

Kim Pyong Il, 65, the last known surviving son of North Korea’s founder, Kim Il Sung, could be the one to take over the reclusive, communist country should leader Kim Jong Un be incapacitated.

Kim Pyong Il, the uncle of Kim Jong Un, spent about four decades in diplomatic posts in Poland, Finland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic before he returned to Pyongyang in 2019, according to news reports.