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Preceded by: Kim Jong Il (as Chairman): Succeeded by: Himself (as President of the State Affairs): Member of the Supreme People's Assembly; In office 9 April 2009 – 11 April 2019: Constituency: Paektusan 111: Personal details; Born 8 January 1982 (age 42) (per North Korean sources)Pyongyang, North Korea: Political party
5 days ago · Kim Jong-Un was declared North Korea's supreme leader after the death of his father in December 2011. In April 2012 his status was validated by the acquisition of several official titles: first secretary of the Korean Workers' Party, chairman of the Central Military Commission, and chairman of the National Defense Commission, which was the country’s highest bureaucratic authority.
Sep 11, 2023 · Soon after Kim Jong Un, the youngest son of Kim Jong Il and his third wife Ko Yong Hui, was born in 1983 or 1984, a state-sanctioned personality cult swung into action.
Dec 16, 2021 · The making of a leader Kim Jong Un made his first public speech on the centennial of his grandfather Kim Il Sung’s birth in April 2012 – one of the most important dates in North Korea’s ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Who Is Kim Jong-un? Much of the early life of Kim Jong-un is unknown to Western media. Presumably born in North Korea, Kim is the son of Ko Young-hee, an opera singer, and Kim Jong-il, the ...
HONG KONG — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed his country's top general and ordered the military to step up war preparations “in an offensive way,” state media reported Thursday.
Dec 16, 2021 · Today marks 10 years since Kim Jong Un, the third generation of his family to rule North Korea, took power after his father's sudden death from a heart attack. It's been an eventful decade.
Apr 26, 2018 · High-stakes summit: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and South Korea’s Moon Jae-in met for the first time in more than a decade. Deal to end Korean War: The two leaders vowed to formally end the ...
Kim Jong-Un is a North Korean political official who succeeded his father, Kim Jong Il, as supreme leader of North Korea (2011– ) and the first secretary of the Korean Workers' Party.
Dec 16, 2021 · Student Kim Geum-hyok did something that could have got him shot the day Kim Jong-un's father died. He threw a party. "That was so dangerous. But we were so happy at the time," he says.
