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.

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.

3 days ago · In a speech marking the 77th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Army on Saturday, Kim said the U.S.-Japan-South Korea trilateral security partnership established under a U.S. plot to form a NATO-like regional military bloc is inviting military imbalance on the Korean Peninsula and “raising a grave challenge to the security ...

5 days ago · Ri Il Kyu, a former high-ranking North Korean official who defected from the secretive nation in late 2023, told the BBC in August last year that Kim still saw Trump as a leader he could negotiate ...

2 days ago · Trump met Kim three times in 2018-19 to discuss how to end North Korea’s nuclear program in what was the first-ever summitry between the leaders of the U.S. and North Korea.

Feb 3, 2025 · For now, Kim is focused on the Russia-Ukraine war . Kim’s priority seems to be an estimated 10,000-12,000 North Korean troops sent to support Russia’s three-year war efforts against Ukraine, the North’s first major participation in a foreign war. North Korea has supplied a vast amount of artillery and other conventional weapons to Russia ...

Dec 29, 2024 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he will implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president. Trump’s return to the White House raises prospects for high-profile diplomacy with North Korea.

Apr 2, 2014 · Kim Jong-un became the supreme leader of North Korea in 2011, succeeding his father Kim Jong-il. Who Is Kim Jong-un? Much of the early life of Kim Jong-un is unknown to Western media....

Sep 11, 2023 · When Kim Jong Un took control of North Korea at just 27, the world knew little about him. The sombre, subdued and rounded figure that was often the subject of international ridicule in those...

2 days ago · Kim Jong-un has said he will bolster North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, after calling a security alliance between the United States, South Korea, and Japan a severe threat to his country. In ...