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.
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, reappeared in dramatic fashion this weekend when he was shown on North Korean media after three weeks of unexplained absence, cutting...
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With his father’s abrupt passing, Kim Jong Un, third-generation heir to one of the world’s last communist bastions, was now in charge of North Korea and its 25 million people.
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un has hit the big 4-0 - or at least, that is what people suspect. The leader of the secretive state has never actually revealed his birthday, leaving North Korea...
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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 eventful decade.
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It's 10 years since an untested 27-year-old took power in North Korea and in that time few world leaders have generated as many headlines. But what has it been like living under Kim Jong-un?
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Key points: Kim Jon Un is believed to have been born on January 8, however North Korea's government has never confirmed the exact date. The US government lists Kim Jong Un's birth year as 1984 ...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to have turned the big four-oh on Monday, but state media continued its decades of silence on his birthday.
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As North Korea expert Rachel Minyoung Lee wrote for the New York Times on Friday, “This year alone, Mr. Kim disappeared for 21 days between Jan. 26 and Feb. 16, and for 19 days between March 22...
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