Tag: Kim Jong-un
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N.Korea ruling party plenary discusses rural development
The North's emphasis on rural development comes as the country struggles from crippling sanctions and protracted pandemic-driven border closures.
December 29, 2021 -
10 years on, Kim’s shadow lengthens over peninsula
Kim Jong-un is no longer an item in the Guinness Book of Records as there are other young leaders in the world, who manage national economies and politics with innovation and fair play. After 10 years, the 39-year-old must feel tired of speaking to thousands of pawns that pack the auditorium, hanging onto his every word.
December 18, 2021 -
North Korea to glorify Kim Jong-un’s era
The 5th Conference of the Frontrunners in the Three Revolutions, which kicked off in Pyongyang on November 18, closed with the adoption of an appeal that calls for the glorification of "the great era of Kim Jong-un".
November 22, 2021 -
N Korea rules out possibility of contact with US
US NSA Jake Sullivan called Kim Jong-un's comments of preparing both dialogue and conflict with Washington as an "interesting signal"
June 24, 2021 -
Kim warns of ‘tense’ food situation, longer Covid curbs
KCNA reported the party vowed to direct all efforts to the farm sector this year and discussed ways to tackle the pandemic
June 17, 2021 -
Kim Jong-un urges US to end hostile policy
On his new policy on South Korea, Kim said bilateral relations could return to three years ago when a peace mood was created "at any time", but this only depends on Seoul's attitude.
January 10, 2021 -
North Korea displays new ballistic missile at military parade
The new ICBM was carried on a transporter erector launcher (TEL) with 22 wheels, indicating that it is longer than the Hwasong-15, which is carried by a 18-wheel TEL, Yonhap News Agency quoted the KCNA report as saying.
October 11, 2020 -
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits typhoon-hit area
Damage in areas near Pyongyang was also reported, it said but did not mention any casualties.
August 28, 2020 -
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sends aid to city locked down over COVID-19
Kim has been concerned “day and night” about people in Kaesong as they continue their “campaign for checking the spread of the malignant virus”, the report added.
August 9, 2020 -
North Korea locks down city over 1st suspected case of COVID-19: Reports
The patient was found in Kaesong City, which borders the South, and "was put under strict quarantine", as would anybody who had come in close contact, state media said.
July 26, 2020 -
‘Very hopeful to continue US-North Korea dialogue’, says Mike Pompeo
On Tuesday, US Deputy Secretary of State and North Korea envoy Stephen Biegun arrived for discussions in the South, hours after Pyongyang again threw cold water on Seoul’s idea of another US-North Korea summit.
July 10, 2020 -
US envoy to North Korea arrives in South after Pyongyang rejects talks
Kim declared in December an end to moratoriums on nuclear and ballistic missile tests, and Pyongyang has repeatedly said it has no intention to continue talks unless Washington drops what it describes as “hostile” policies toward the North.
July 7, 2020 -
Kim Jong-un calls for ‘maximum alert’ against COVID-19
The meeting held on Thursday included no mention of inter-Korean relations, an apparent indication that Kim might be focusing on internal unity, rather than external issues, amid lingering fears about the global pandemic, Yonhap news agency reported.
July 3, 2020 -
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un suspends military action plans against South: Report
The moves included re-entering areas of the North that it had withdrawn from as part of inter-Korean projects, restoring guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone that forms the border, and stepping up exercises.
June 24, 2020 -
‘Very rude’: South Korea denounces Kim Jong Un’s sister for rejecting talks offer
The two zones are sites of long-shuttered joint inter-Korean projects: Southern tourists visited the scenic Mount Kumgang until a North Korean soldier in 2008 shot dead a woman who strayed off the path.
June 17, 2020 -
US urges North Korea to avoid further ‘counterproductive’ steps
On Tuesday, North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border, after days of increasingly virulent rhetoric from Pyongyang.
June 17, 2020 -
North Korea blows up inter-Korean liaison office at order: Seoul
The liaison office was opened in September 2018, days before the South's President Moon Jae-in flew to Pyongyang for his third summit with Kim.
June 16, 2020