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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s hydrogen bomb claim draws scepticism
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared on Thursday to claim the country has developed a hydrogen bomb, a step up from the less powerful atomic bomb,...
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un hails accord with South as ‘landmark occasion’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called this week’s accord between the rival Koreas “a landmark occasion” paving the way for defused military...
There can be only Un: North Korea bans people’s use of leader’s name
In North Korea, there can be only one Kim Jong Un. A South Korean official said Wednesday that Pyongyang forbids its people from using the same name as...
North Korea reveals rank of leader Kim’s sister
North Korea revealed Thursday the official title of Kim Jong-Un’s younger sister, who is widely tipped to become a close and influential aide to...
Mystery solved? South Korean spy agency says Kim Jong Un had ankle surgery
South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday it has solved the mystery of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s public absence, which set off a frenzy...
New star shines in North Korea amid speculation over ‘missing’ leader Kim
He’s climbed from an obscure desk job in North Korea to the most powerful position outside the ruling Kim family.
North tells South: There is ‘no problem’ with Korean leader Kim Jong Un
A senior North Korean official has denied reports that the country’s leader Kim Jong Un is ill, saying there is “no problem at all,”...
Rare North Korean pictures show Kim Jong-Un guiding rocket launch
Photographs of the North Korean leader at a rocket-firing drill have been released by the secretive state through its television station.
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