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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.
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...
3 days ago · November 15, 2024 at 4:26 p.m. EST. 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 ...
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...
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 ...
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.
Sep 11, 2023 · When Kim Jong Un took control of North Korea at just 27, the world knew little about him.
Apr 2, 2014 · Kim Jong-un became the supreme leader of North Korea in 2011, succeeding his father Kim Jong-il.
Jun 17, 2020 · Current leader Kim Jong-un has consolidated his power, purging many top officials and continuing to boost the country’s nuclear capabilities. North Korea is among the world’s poorest nations.
