Tag: Kim Jong-un
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No signs Kim Jong-un received heart surgery, says South Korean spy agency
Kim attended the completion of a fertiliser plant, North Korea's official media said on Saturday, the first report of his appearing in public since April 11.
May 6, 2020 -
Reappearance & Gunfire
Yet 24 hours after the North Korean President’s reappearance in public, the clash of shields must be rather intriguing.
May 5, 2020 -
North and South Korea exchange gunfire across Demilitarized Zone
North Korea's discussions with the United States over Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal are also at a standstill, despite three meetings between Kim and US President Donald Trump.
May 3, 2020 -
‘Glad to see Kim Jong-un back and well’, says Donald Trump
Last week, the North Korean leader was gravely ill following heart surgery.
May 3, 2020 -
North Korean defector ‘99%’ sure that Kim Jong-un has died: Report
The lawmaker-elect said that Kim Yo-jong, sister of the North's leader, is likely to succeed him, as many experts have already speculated.
May 1, 2020 -
US hasn’t seen Kim Jong-un but closely watching regime: Mike Pompeo
Pompeo also noted the risk to North Koreans from COVID-19, while communist regime has insisted it has no confirmed cases of the coronavirus, but many suspect it may be covering up an outbreak.
April 30, 2020 -
Kim Jong-un in ‘vegetative state’, China medical team to reach North Korea
Earlier this week, the North Korean leader was gravely ill following heart surgery.
April 26, 2020 -
‘I think report was incorrect’: Donald Trump on claims Kim Jong-un sick
Trump's denial of the report came two days after he declined to comment, saying only that he wished Kim well.
April 24, 2020 -
‘I wish him well’: Donald Trump on reports of N Korea leader Kim Jong un’s health
The US president's comments follow a flurry of questions about Kim's health after a report Tuesday that Kim was being treated after surgery.
April 22, 2020 -
Kim’s reshuffle
We do not know if the hermit kingdom is also battling the virus; it is much too closeted to share its data on public health. Yet we do know that however isolated, the omnipotent President Kim has reinstated his powerful younger sister to a key decision-making entity.
April 16, 2020 -
North Korea celebrates founder Kim Il Sung’s birth anniversary amid COVID-19
This year the North has cancelled several elements of the annual commemorations, including the Pyongyang Marathon, usually its biggest tourist money-spinner of the year.
April 15, 2020 -
North Korea fires missiles on eve of founder’s b’day
The firings came on the eve of the 108th birthday of Kim Il-sung, the North's national founder and grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un.
April 14, 2020 -
COVID-19: Kim Jong-un holds politburo meeting to discuss anti-virus measures
Pyongyang has taken relatively drastic anti-virus measures by closing its borders with China, where the coronavirus originated in late December.
April 12, 2020 -
North Korea set to hold parliamentary meeting
North Korea is among just a few countries in the world that claim to have no coronavirus infections, generating speculation that it might be hiding an outbreak.
April 10, 2020 -
Ill-timed bang
Arguably, President Kim has also obfuscated reality as he turned up at the testing site without a face mask, even as South Korea has been battling the scourge.
April 6, 2020 -
Kim and Covid
The timing of the missile launches is interesting. At a time when the attention of the world is focussed on how to contain the spread of the deadly virus, North Korea has controlled information to the outside world and has reported no infections. It has projected an image of normality. Though the country closed the borders and all tourist traffic into the country well in time, it remains to be seen how it remained insulated from the spread of the virus when as many as 177 countries are reeling under its severity. Kim Jong-un often boasts of showing his presence at the site of missile launches but was not seen wearing a mask.
April 6, 2020 -
North Korea fires two ‘ballistic missiles’ into sea amid Coronavirus outbreak
The latest launch by Pyongyang comes as a prolonged hiatus in disarmament talks with the United States drags on.
March 29, 2020