Kim Jong Un

SEOUL—Kim Jong Un, more so than his predecessors, has spread out responsibility among an elite group of North Korean government officials. Now, facing the worst home-front crisis of his nearly decadelong reign, the young dictator is making sure to share the blame. At a Politburo meeting late last month, Mr.…

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North Korea was one of the few places to claim it has had zero cases of Covid-19. But its leader, Kim Jong Un, now says his secretive country faces "a great crisis" related to the pandemic, blaming this on the mismanagement of his own party bureaucrats, state media reported Wednesday.…

World 30 Jun, 2021 08:22 AM4 minutes to read North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a Politburo meeting yesterday of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang. Photo / AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated top officials for failures in coronavirus prevention that caused a "great crisis",…

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the failure to implement measures to tackle the coronavirus had caused a "great crisis" and he chastised ruling party officials for risking the safety of the country and people, state media reported on Wednesday. The report by state news agency KCNA…

SEOUL, June 27 (Reuters) - Everyone in North Korea is heartbroken over leader Kim Jong Un's apparent weight loss, said an unidentified resident of Pyongyang quoted on the country's tightly controlled state media, after watching recent video footage of Kim. The rare public comment on Kim's health come after foreign…

SEOUL, South Korea — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed prospects for an early resumption of diplomacy with the United States, saying Tuesday that U.S. expectations of talks would “plunge them into a greater disappointment.” Kim Yo Jong’s blunt statement indicates that the diplomatic impasse…

World 22 Jun, 2021 02:57 AM4 minutes to read Kim Yo Jong has dismissed hopes for an early resumption of diplomacy with the US. Photo / AP The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed prospects for an early resumption of diplomacy with the United States,…

The United States said on Sunday it saw as an "interesting signal" North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's comments that he is ready for "dialogue and confrontation," but added that Washington was still waiting for direct communication from Pyongyang to start any talks relating to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.…