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Kim Jong Un (English: / ˌ k ɪ m dʒ ɒ ŋ ˈ ʊ n,-ˈ uː n /; Korean: 김정은; born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) is a North Korean politician who has been supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012.
Sep 11, 2023 · Analysts saw him as the heir-to-be after he was awarded a series of high-profile political posts. Swiss-educated like his brothers, Kim Jong Un avoided Western influence, returning home when...
6 days ago · Kim Jong-Un, North Korean political official who succeeded his father, Kim Jong Il, as leader of North Korea in 2011. Little of his early life is known, but in 2009 it became clear that he was being groomed as his father’s successor.
Dec 21, 2021 · Kim Jong Un’s demonstrated his brutality again in 2017, when two women groomed by North Korean agents assassinated Kim Jong Nam, the leader’s half-brother, in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur airport...
Jan 9, 2024 · North Korea's Kim Jong Un has hit the big 4-0 - or at least, that is what people suspect. The leader of the secretive state has never actually revealed his birthday, leaving North Korea...
HONG KONG — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed his country's top general and ordered the military to step up war preparations “in an offensive way,” state media reported Thursday.
Dec 16, 2021 · Ten years ago, the world watched as a young Kim Jong Un solemnly walked beside his father's hearse on a snowy morning in Pyongyang as distraught North Koreans wailed in grief.
Dec 16, 2021 · Many predicted a military coup, or a takeover by North Korean elites. But the world underestimated the young dictator. Kim Jong-un has not only cemented his position, he has ushered in a new...
Jan 23, 2024 · Kim Jong Un has scrapped the bedrock goal of reconciling and re-uniting with South Korea, they said. Instead, he's presenting the North and South as two independent states at war with...
Jun 24, 2024 · 19 Jun. 1:26. Russia and North Korea Sign Partnership Deal. Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un have signed a comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreement. BBC News. Available for over a year. 8...
