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Kim Jong Un[ c][ d] ( English: / ˌkɪm dʒɒŋˈʊn, - ˈuːn /; [ 2] born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) [ e] is a North Korean politician who has been supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. [ f] He is the third son of Kim Jong Il, who was the second supreme leader of North ...
Kim Il Sung. Kim Il Sung[ d] ( / kɪm ɪlˈsʌŋ, - ˈsʊŋ /; [ 4] Korean : 김일성, Korean pronunciation: [kimils͈ʌŋ]; born Kim Sung Ju; [ e][ 5] 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as Supreme Leader from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.
Kim Yo Jong ( Korean : 김여정; [ 3] born 26 September 1987) is a North Korean politician and diplomat, and sister of Kim Jong Un. She is the Deputy Department Director of the Publicity and Information Department of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Since September 2021, she has been a member of State Affairs Commission of North Korea. [ 4][ 5]
At a speaking engagement at Texas Tech University in April 2021, [55] Park claimed that speech criticizing the North Korean Supreme Leader had become a crime in South Korea, possibly referring to South Korea's passing of an amendment to the "Inter-Korean Relations Development Act" prohibiting South Koreans from sending, amongst other things ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Two South Korean lawmakers said Tuesday they were told by intelligence officials that two associates of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle were executed ...
Kim Jong-nam was born on 10 May 1971 in Pyongyang, North Korea, to Song Hye-rim, [7] one of four women known to have had children with Kim Jong Il.Because Kim Jong Il aimed to keep his affair with Song a secret due to the disapproval of his father Kim Il Sung, he initially kept Jong-nam out of school, instead sending him to live with Song's older sister Song Hye-rang, who tutored him at home. [8]
North Korean media have published photographs showing leader Kim Jong Un's portrait hanging prominently next to those of his father and grandfather, in an apparent push to solidify his status as a ...
No Geum-seok. McCune–Reischauer. No Kŭm-sŏk. No Kum-sok ( Korean : 노금석; January 10, 1932 – December 26, 2022) [ 1][ 2] was a North Korean-born American engineer and aviator who served as a senior lieutenant in the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force during the Korean War. [ 3][ 4] Under colonial rule, No was required to ...