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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 ...
On 13 February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of the dictator of North Korea Kim Jong Un, was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. He had been living abroad since his exile from North Korea in 2003. Following his visit to the resort island Langkawi, Kim Jong-nam arrived at terminal 2 sometime before 9: ...
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.
She bore sons Kim Jong Il (born 1941 or 1942) and Kim Man Il (born 1944), and daughter Kim Kyong Hui (born 1946) before dying while bearing a stillborn daughter in 1949. Kim Jong Suk was born 24 December 1917 in Hoeryong in (North) Hamgyo’ng Province. Her family and she fled Korea to Yanji, Jilin (Kirin) Province around 1922. [ 23]
The portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was publicly displayed along with those of his father and grandfather for the first time, sparking speculation about the message it sends. Portraits ...
Kim Ki Nam, one of the longest-serving North Korean officials who served all three generations of its leaders cementing their political legitimacy and heading the propaganda apparatus for the ...
Kim Jong Il as supreme leader. President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly. Kim Yong-nam. 김영남. (born 1928) 5 September 1998. 11 April 2019. 20 years, 218 days. Workers' Party of Korea.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un used a dark green train to travel to Russia, state media showed on Tuesday, relying on a slow but specialised form of transportation that the reclusive country's ...