North Korean state media has released pictures purportedly showing the leader attending the opening of a fertiliser factory …
KCNA reports North Korea leader Kim Jong Un resuming public activity
North Korea’s state news agency KCNA said on Saturday leader Kim Jong Un attended the completion of a fertilizer plant in a region north of the capital, Pyongyang, in the first report of his public …
Trump has no comment on report North Korea’s Kim made public appearance
U.S. President Donald Trump declined on Friday to comment on a report by North Korea’s state news agency that the country’s leader Kim Jong Un had made his first public appearance since April 11.
North Korea state-run media says Kim Jong Un attended factory opening
A North Korean news agency announced on Saturday that Kim Jong Un attended a factory opening, which would be his first public appearance in 20 days amid worldwide rumors that he was gravely ill.
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Why we shouldn’t rule out a woman as North Korea’s next leader
Pak, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former senior analyst at the CIA, is the author of “Becoming Kim Jong Un.” Amid general uncertainty about the health of North Korean leader Kim …
Mystery of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un deepens with new rumors of death
Ji Seong-ho, a North Korean defector who became a member this month of South Korea’s National Assembly on elections, told local media Kim died after cardiovascular surgery and that an announcement is …
Report: North Korea sending security agents to crack down on rumors
North Korea is deploying “secret police” to track down people in the country who may be spreading rumors about Kim Jong Un’s health.
Kim Yo-jong: North Korea’s most powerful woman and heir apparent?
She is the younger sister of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and the only one of his siblings considered a close and powerful ally. Kim Yo-jong first gained international attention in 2018, when she was …
What would the US and China do if chaos erupts in Kim Jong-un’s North Korea?
Others thought it would be during a 1990s famine or when national founder Kim Il-sung died in 1994. And when the death of his son, Kim Jong-il, thrust a little-known 20-something into power in 2011, …