Kim Jong Un

People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting with an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea. Photo / AP During more than a decade as North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un has made "self-reliance" his governing lynchpin, shunning…

FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, top, attends a meeting on anti-virus strategies in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 14, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized officials over slow medicine deliveries and mobilized the military to respond to a surge in suspected COVID-19 infections, as his nation struggled to contain a fever that has reportedly killed dozens and sickened nearly a million others in…

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un blasted officials over slow medicine deliveries and ordered his military to respond to the surging but largely undiagnosed COVID-19 crisis that has left 1.2 million people ill with fever and 50 dead in a matter of days, state media said Monday.…

Published On 15 May 202215 May 2022 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the military to stabilise the distribution of COVID-19 medicines in Pyongyang, days after announcing a lockdown and admitting the country’s first confirmed coronavirus outbreak. North Korea acknowledged for the first time last week that it…

BATTLING PESTILENCE This picture taken on Saturday, May 14, 2022, and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Sunday shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center) visiting the bier of Yang Hyong Sop, former vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly, at an…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has repeated his warning that Pyongyang could “preemptively” use its nuclear weaponry to counter hostile forces, state media reported Saturday.  Kim told top military officers that to “maintain the absolute superiority” of North Korea’s armed forces, the country should be able to “preemptively and thoroughly…

/ Asia / Pacific Issued on: 30/04/2022 - 08:15 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gestures as he watches the test-firing of a new-type tactical guided weapon according to state media, in this undated photo released on April 16, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). © KCNAKCNA…

North Korea’s state media boasted Sunday that its armed forces had “gained invincible power” under leader Kim Jong Un as it prepares for a major army holiday that analysts say could be marked with a military parade or major weapons test. North Korea on Monday celebrates the 90th anniversary of…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gestures as he watches the test-firing of a new-type tactical guided weapon according to state media, North Korea, in this undated photo released on April 16, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS Register now for FREE unlimited access…