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Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong Un [c] [d] [e] ( English: / ˌkɪm dʒɒŋˈʊn, - ˈuːn /; [2] Korean: 김정은; born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) [f] 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. [g] He is the third son of Kim Jong Il, who was the ...
4 days ago · Kim Jong-Un was declared North Korea's supreme leader after the death of his father in December 2011. In April 2012 his status was validated by the acquisition of several official titles: first secretary of the Korean Workers' Party, chairman of the Central Military Commission, and chairman of the National Defense Commission, which was the country’s highest bureaucratic authority.
Sep 11, 2023 · KCNA. 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 ...
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Dec 17, 2021 · Newly minted third-generation North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, flanked by top party and military officials, presides over a national memorial service for his father, Kim Jong Il, in December 2011.
Dec 16, 2021 · The making of a leader Kim Jong Un made his first public speech on the centennial of his grandfather Kim Il Sung’s birth in April 2012 – one of the most important dates in North Korea’s ...
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Aug 11, 2023 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his top general amid a shakeup of the country’s military leadership and wants his army to “gird for a war,” state media reported Thursday.. Gen. Pak ...
Aug 10, 2023 · Aug. 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 ...
