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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 · State media showed Kim Jong-un celebrating the launch of a ballistic missile in 2017. His single-minded development of North Korea's nuclear and missile programme appears to have led to it...
5 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. Once in office, he ramped up North Korea’s nuclear program.
Jun 19, 2024 · Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, welcoming President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to Pyongyang early Wednesday, in an image released by North Korean state media.
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.
Jun 20, 2024 · Kim Jong Un takes his relationship with Putin — and maybe his nuclear program — to a new level. A pact between the North Korean leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin could scramble the...
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...
Jul 18, 2023 · Russia's president is due to meet Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, his first visit to North Korea since 2000.
Dec 16, 2021 · A high-profile defector opens up on Kim's N Korea. At least seven people have been executed in the past decade for watching or distributing K-pop videos from South Korea, according to a recent...
May 22, 2024 · North Korea displayed the portrait of Kim Jong Un next to those of his father and grandfather — a significant step in cementing his status as leader of the nuclear-armed state.
