Kim dynasty
N Korean leader’s sister slams US as Biden envoys begin Asia trip
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister slammed the U.S. and South Korea on March 16, state media reported, as the new U.S. secretaries of state and defence began a visit to Tokyo and Seoul.
North Korea ends party meeting with calls for nuclear might
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed all-out efforts to bolster his country's nuclear deterrent during a major ruling party meeting where he earlier laid out plans to work toward salvaging the broken economy.
Kim Jong-un offers a hand of reconciliation?
Kim, who marks 10 years in power this year, promised to put "state defense capabilities on a much higher level, and put forth goals for realizing it" during the Eighth Party Congress, which began on Tuesday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
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China Sends Its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate to Kim Jong Un and Family
China has provided North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his family with an experimental coronavirus vaccine, a U.S. analyst said on Tuesday, citing two unidentified Japanese intelligence sources.
Harry Kazianis, a North Korea expert at the Center for the National Interest think tank in Washington, said the Kims and several senior North Korean officials had been vaccinated.
CNN: He will starve his own people; Why is he silent? Something happened though
He allegedly ordered the execution of a customs officer who improperly handled imported goods, CNN reports, as Jutarnji list informs.
According to the data of the Chinese customs administration, goods worth only 253.000 US dollars were exported to North Korea in October, which is a drop of as much as 99 percent compared to September.
S Korea minister, US sources, say Kim may be sheltering from virus
Fear of the coronavirus could have been keeping North Korean leader Kim Jong Un out of public sight, a South Korean minister and U.S. sources said on April 28, following intense speculation and concern as to his whereabouts and health.
Not Dead: North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un "Continues to Work with Documents"
Kim Jong Un in critical condition?
The South Korean government has stated that no unusual activity has been observed in North Korea after unconfirmed reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in critical condition after heart surgery.
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North Korea fires unidentified projectiles, says South's military
North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into its eastern sea on March 2 as it begins to resume weapons demonstrations after a months-long hiatus that could have been forced by the coronavirus crisis in Asia.
N Korea urges 'positive and offensive' security ahead of nuclear talk deadline
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called at a ruling party meeting for "positive and offensive measures" to ensure security ahead of a year-end deadline he has set for denuclearisation talks with the United States, state media KCNA said on Dec. 30.