カテゴリー: Kim Jong-un
State newspaper reports leaders will punish ‘irresponsible’ city and provincial officials for failing to protect residentsNorth Korea has pledged harsh punishment for local officials it says failed to protect residents from a typhoon which caused a “se…
Ruler cedes some powers to sibling, according to Seoul, who will be responsible for relations with US and South KoreaThe influential younger sister of the North Korean ruler, Kim Jong-un, has become his de facto second-in-command with responsibility fo…
Kim Jong-un imposes lockdown on Kaesong, calling it a ‘critical situation’ Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe North Korean leader has declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of having …
Kim Jong-un unexpectedly vetoes the idea to redeploy troops to the border amid rising tensions between the two countriesKim Jong-un has suspended plans to increase military pressure on South Korea, in a surprise move that comes after weeks of mounting …
North Korea has blown up a liaison office set up to improve communications with South Korea in a row over defectors’ plans to send anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets across the heavily armed border. North Korea appears to have acted on a warn…
Pyongyang says since summit two years ago US has appeared friendly but has instead sought regime changeNorth Korea sees no future benefit in maintaining a relationship between its leader, Kim Jong-Un, and Donald Trump, the country’s state media has sai…
Pyongyang has said it will make Seoul ‘suffer’ during worsening spat over anti-North Korean leaflets sent from South North Korea says it will sever hotlines with South Korea as the first step toward shutting down all means of contact with Seoul, state …
North Korean leader’s sister says continued air drops by defectors could jeopardise peacekeeping agreementKim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has warned South Korea to stop propaganda leaflets coming over the borde…
Leader makes first appearance in several weeks to talk about ‘considerably increasing the firepower’ of the military, state media reportsNorth Korea discussed new policies for increasing its “nuclear war deterrence” during a military meeting presided o…
Thae Yong-ho and Ji Seong-ho both said in South Korea that leader was gravely ill or deadA former senior North Korean diplomat has apologised after saying Kim Jong-un was probably so ill he could not stand, days before he emerged on state media smoking…
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has appeared in public for the first time in almost three weeks, according to state media, following speculation that he had been seriously ill following heart surgery. The authenticity of the images…
North Korean state media has released pictures purportedly showing the leader attending the opening of a fertiliser factory The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has appeared in public for the first time in almost three weeks, according to state media,…
North Korean state media has released pictures purportedly showing the leader attending the opening of a fertiliser factory The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has appeared in public for the first time in almost three weeks, according to state media,…
Despite North Korean leader’s absence from key events, experts in the South say he is most probably at resort town of Wonsan Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageKim Jong-un is not ill and could be sheltering from the coronavirus…
Pyongyang’s tight rein on the flow of intelligence means the outside world knows little about the missing rulerKim Jong-un has not been seen in public for more than two weeks, yet the world has few clues as to the North Korean leader’s whereabouts or t…