Kim Jong Un - Wikipedia
WEBKim 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.
Kim Jong-Un | Facts, Biography, & Nuclear Program | Britannica
WEBApr 23, 2024 · 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.
Profile: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un - BBC News
WEBSep 11, 2023 · Under Kim Jong Un in 2022 Pyongyang tested a record number of missiles, aimed two ballistic missiles over Japan, and has continued preparing for a seventh nuclear test - one that analysts...
Kim Jong-un - Sister, Wife & Age - Biography
WEBApr 2, 2014 · Kim Jong-un's mother was opera singer Ko Young-hee, who had two other children and is thought to have campaigned for Kim Jong-un to be his father's successor before her death in 2004. Kim Jong-il ...
A decade later, North Korea under Kim Jong Un is even more …
WEBDec 17, 2021 · As presidents and pandemics come and go elsewhere in the world, the first 10 years of Kim Jong Un’s rule could be the trial and error that sets the stage for the decades ahead.
Kim Jong-un prepares for 'dialogue and confrontation' with the …
WEB18 June 2021. EPA. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said his country needs to prepare for both "dialogue and confrontation" with the US, and "especially to get fully prepared for...
Kim Jong Un fires top general, orders North Korea to step up war …
WEBAug. 10, 2023, 5:41 AM PDT. By Larissa Gao. 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 ...
Kim Jong Un: The pandemic forced the North Korean leader into ... - CNN
WEBDec 16, 2021 · Various short and medium range missiles were also tested, and three more underground nuclear explosions were detonated. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves from a balcony following a...
Kim Jong Un's decade of rule marked by purges, nukes, Trump …
WEBDec 16, 2021 · World Politics. Today marks 10 years since Kim Jong Un, the third generation of his family to rule North Korea, took power after his father's sudden death from a heart attack. It's been an ...
North Korea: What we can expect from Kim Jong-un in 2023 - BBC
WEBJan 3, 2023 · We can therefore assume 2023 will have a distinctly 2022 feel, with Pyongyang continuing to aggressively test, refine and expand its nuclear arsenal, in defiance of UN sanctions.
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