Kim Jong Un

The sudden reappearance of Kim Jong Un on North Korea's state-run television would mark the first sign of him after weeks of conflicting reports over his health and whereabouts.But there's a lot more in the footage than just a smiling Kim, relaxed as he apparently tours a new fertilizer factory.Let's…

Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again. Invalid emailWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.PICTURES apparently proving North Korea's Kim Jong-un is alive and well may not be…

North Korea's Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, state media reported Saturday, following intense speculation that the leader of the nuclear-armed nation was seriously ill or possibly dead.State television showed Kim walking, smiling broadly and smoking a cigarette at what the North said…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.KCNA via ReutersNorth Korean state media reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a public appearance after weeks of speculation about his health.Business Insider could not independently confirm this report, and no photos of the event were provided.The North Korean state news agency…

No one really knows where Kim Jong-un is right now, but the New York Post and The Sun speculate that the supreme ruler of North Korea is at his seaside resort consorting with his "pleasure squad" of 2,000 sex slaves some as young as 13. "Foreign intelligence services think he's…

Correction: 03/05/2020: A previous version of this story said Kim had attended a ceremony in Suncheon. That was incorrect as Suncheon is a city in South Korea. The ceremony was in Sunchon, near North Korea's capital, Pyongyang.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days,…

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For years, intelligence officials around the world have been watching a secretive office on the third floor of the Korean Worker’s Party headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea. There, in Office 39, the country’s ruler Kim Jong-Un has continued his father and predecessor Kim Jong-Il’s practice of rewarding himself and loyalists…

President Donald Trump has suggested that he knows a lot more about Kim Jong Un’s health than he’s willing to share, while South Korea blasts claims that the North Korean dictator is gravely ill as “fake news.” “I can’t tell you, yes, I do have a very good idea,” Trump…

Ghanaian pallbearers have become the harbingers of death on the internet. There is no better example of their influence than the Ghanaian pallbearer memes about the rumored but not at all confirmed death of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. Although the North Korean government says that this is…