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Kim Jong Un [d] (born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) [b] is a North Korean politician who has been supreme leader of North Korea since December 2011 and the general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012.
2 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.
Sep 11, 2023 · Kim Jong Un had little political or military experience, but almost immediately after the death of his father, he was hailed as "the great successor". He was also named head of the party,...
Oct 4, 2024 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons to destroy South Korea if attacked, state media reported Friday, after South Korea’s president warned that if the North used ...
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...
Sep 22, 2024 · Kim Jong Un runs the "model dictatorship" in North Korea. Here's how he got here.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be taking the Korean Peninsula closer to armed conflict, analysts have warned, amid intensifying nuclear threats and tests.
Oct 8, 2024 · Kim Jong Un wants Trump back, elite defector tells BBC. The highest-ranking defector to escape North Korea in years, Ri Il Kyu has met Kim Jong Un seven times. World.
Nov 11, 2024 · “Kim Jong-un wants the United States to accept his nuclear weapons as a fait accompli and engage him in arms-reduction talks,” said Cheon Seong-whun, a former head of the Seoul-based Korea ...
3 days ago · SEOUL — After closing off his country at the start of 2020, as covid-19 erupted in neighboring China, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is storming back onto the world stage with a series of ...