Feb 7, 2023 · North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (centre) presides over a meeting of the Workers’ Party of Korea’s Central Military Commission on Monday. North Korea fired more than 70 ballistic missiles Dec 4, 2023 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged women in the country to have more children, state-run news agency KCNA reported on Monday. "Stopping the decline in birth rates and providing good child 9 hours ago · SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered its military, the munitions industry and the nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the U.S., state media said on Thursday. Speaking on the policy directions for the new year at a key meeting of the country's ruling party on Wednesday, Kim also said Dec 20, 2021 · On the 10th anniversary of former supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il's death last week and the beginning of the country's 11-day bereavement mandate, a noticeably slimmer Kim Jong-un made an appearance to commemorate his father's death. Death anniversary: Donning his trademark black leather coat, North Korean's supreme leader Kim Jong-un, 37, stood in front of thousands of North Koreans Mar 9, 2019 · North Korea is an isolated state, ruled by the Kim family dynasty. Laws are in fact written by the party apparatus and then merely approved by the SPA as a formality. of which Kim Jong-un Apr 19, 2018 · Editorial credit: Alexander Khitrov / Shutterstock.com. Kim Jong-Un is the current leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, often called North Korea. He was born on either January 8, 1984 or July 5th, 1984, however, no literature has documented his exact date of birth. Jong-Un is the second-born child of Jong-il who ruled the Kim Jong Un was elected as chairman of the State Affairs Commission on 29 June 2016 and was re-elected on 11 April 2019. [7] [8] On 11 April 2019, the constitution was amended to make the chairman of the State Affairs Commission the head of state of North Korea. Mar 8, 2017 · Updated 4:15 AM PST, March 8, 2017. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A man claiming to be the son of the slain half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appeared in a YouTube video saying he’s safely with his mother and sister. Kim Jong Nam was killed by two women who rubbed a prohibited nerve agent on his face at an airport in Malaysia May 9, 2016 · North Korea will not use its nuclear weapons first, Kim Jong-un tells Congress; US man imprisoned in North Korea for two years speaks out about his forced labour; Kim Jong-un hails 'great success 9 hours ago · SEOUL, Dec 28 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered its military, the munitions industry and the nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he D9ccixK.