Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Un is the Supreme Leader of North Korea.
Notable Quotes
"Xi's choice of Pyongyang for his first state visit of the year showed the 'utmost importance' placed on bilateral ties."View Story →
"The ‘denuclearisation’ is an irreversibly finalised matter."View Story →
""He has energetically led the work to turn the Korean People’s Army... into an elite and powerful army.""View Story →
"Today, our Party is faced with heavy and urgent historic tasks of boosting economic construction and the people’s standard of living and transforming all realms of state and social life as early as possible."View Story →
"He has energetically led the work to turn the Korean People's Army, the pivot of national defence and pillar of safeguarding peace, into an elite and powerful army."View Story →
"heavy and urgent historic tasks"View Story →
"If Washington respects our present [nuclear] position as stipulated in the Constitution... there is no reason why we cannot get along well with the United States."View Story →
"The concept of 'denuclearisation' has already lost its meaning. We have become a nuclear state."View Story →
"It would further guarantee the stable development of bilateral relations."View Story →
"a significant development to boost the country’s strategic military capability"View Story →
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August 17, 2026South Korea proposes talks to officially end war with North
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August 15, 2026Why Kim Jong Un never talks about his mother - or her controversial bloodline
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June 27, 2026North Korea says 'denuclearisation' is a matter terminated irreversibly - Reuters
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June 13, 2026Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un vow stronger ties as North Korea visit wraps up
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June 7, 2026With China's Xi in North Korea, Kim to project confidence, defiance - Reuters
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June 7, 2026North Korea reaffirms nuclear status a day before Chinese president's visit - Reuters
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June 6, 2026North Korea welcome's Seoul's expression of regret over drone incursion - Reuters
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April 6, 2026Britain says 40 countries discuss reopening Strait of Hormuz after Iran blockade - Reuters
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April 2, 2026North Korea's Kim inspects solid-fuel engine, new tank as Pyongyang steps up military development - Reuters
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March 28, 2026Belarus leader gifts rifle to North Korea's Kim as they sign friendship treaty
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March 27, 2026North Korea's Kim Jong Un welcomed Belarus President Lukashenko to Pyongyang, KCNA says - Reuters
North Korea's Kim Jong Un welcomed Belarus President Lukashenko to Pyongyang, KCNA says Reuters
March 25, 2026Could Kim's teen daughter become North Korea's next leader?
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March 1, 2026North Korea could 'get along' with US, says Kim Jong Un
Kim said they could get along if the US accepts that Pyongyang's nuclear weapons are here to stay.
February 26, 2026Kim Jong Un re-appointed leader of North Korea's ruling party
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February 23, 2026North Korea's ruling party re-elects Kim Jong Un general secretary for bolstering nuclear power - Reuters
North Korea's ruling party re-elects Kim Jong Un general secretary for bolstering nuclear power Reuters
February 22, 2026