Kim Jong Un - Wikipedia
Kim Jong Un[d] (born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) [b] is a North Korean politician who has been the third Supreme Leader of North Korea since December 2011 and general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012.
Kim Jong-Un | Facts, Biography, & Nuclear Program | Britannica
Jan 14, 2025 · 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
Sep 11, 2023 · When Kim Jong Un took control of North Korea at just 27, the world knew little about him. The sombre, subdued and rounded figure that was often the subject of international ridicule in...
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un threatens to destroy the South with …
Oct 4, 2024 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons to destroy South Korea if attacked, state media reported Friday, after South Korea’s president warned that if the North...
Trump Says He Will Reach Out to North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un
3 days ago · President Trump with Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, in Vietnam in 2019. Talks ended without an agreement on how to roll back North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Is Kim Jong Un preparing North Korea for war? - NBC News
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be taking the Korean Peninsula closer to armed conflict, analysts have warned, amid intensifying nuclear threats and tests.
How did Kim Jong Un become so powerful and is he going …
Sep 22, 2024 · For many people, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is a caricature dictator or a geopolitical curiosity — a portly ruler comically posing in front of missile launches or factory lines. But Anna Fifield, who has visited North Korea 12 times, thinks this is all wrong.
North Korea's Kim Expected to Send More Troops, Weapons to …
3 days ago · How Has Kim Jong Un Been Aiding Putin's War? North Korea has been supplying large quantities of artillery and other conventional weapons to Russia, and according to U.S., South Korean and ...
North Korea's Kim Jong Un threatens to use nuclear weapons …
Oct 8, 2024 · SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned again that he could use nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with South Korea and the United States, as he accused them of provoking North Korea and raising animosities on the Korean Peninsula, state media reported Tuesday.
Kim Jong Un: Is North Korea's leader actually considering war? - BBC
Jan 23, 2024 · Kim Jong Un has scrapped the bedrock goal of reconciling and re-uniting with South Korea, they said. Instead, he's presenting the North and South as two independent states at war with each...