Kim Jong Un [d] (born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) [b] is a North Korean politician and dictator 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.

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.

Apr 26, 2018 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in met at the line that separates the divided Koreas. Kim then stepped over the raised Military Demarcation Line,...

2 days ago · 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.

Dec 16, 2021 · Ten North Korean defectors - including one of his top diplomats - reflect on 10 years of Kim Jong-un. A new start Student Kim Geum-hyok did something that could have got him shot the day...

3 days ago · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country and vowed to further bolster his nuclear weapons program. ... Amid stalled diplomacy with the U.S. and South Korea in recent years, Kim has focused on enlarging and modernizing his arsenal of nuclear weapons.

Dec 16, 2021 · Today marks 10 years since Kim Jong Un, the third generation of his family to rule North Korea, took power after his father's sudden death from a heart attack. It's been an eventful decade.

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...

3 days ago · Item 1 of 3 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Ministry of National Defence on the day the Korean People's Army was founded, in Pyongyang, North Korea February 8, 2025, in this photo ...

Nov 1, 2024 · The highest-ranking defector to escape North Korea in years, Ri Il Kyu has met Kim Jong Un seven times. All the latest content about Kim Jong Un from the BBC.