Tag: Kim Jong Un
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Kim Jong Un calls for prevention efforts against Coronavirus, looming typhoon: Reports
Kim also made “sharp criticism of inattention, onlooking and chronic attitude getting prevalent among officials, and violation of the rules of the emergency anti-epidemic work as this work takes on a protracted character”.
August 26, 2020 -
Kim Jong Un visits flood-damaged village, orders release of reserve grains for victims
Kim's visit marks the second of its kind since he became leader in 2011, following the inspection of North Hamgyong province that was hit by a flood in 2015.
August 7, 2020 -
‘If US summit held, it will be used as boring boasting’, says North Korea
Pyongyang insists that it needs its nuclear arsenal to deter against a possible US invasion.
July 10, 2020 -
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides meeting over growing n-war deterrence
The North Korean leader last presided over a Central Military Commission meeting in December 2019.
May 24, 2020 -
Chinese President Xi Jinping responds to Kim Jong Un’s congratulatory message
Kim had also wished Xi "good health" and expressed conviction that "the Chinese party and people would cement the successes made so far and steadily expand them and thus win a final victory under the wise guidance of Xi Jinping"
May 9, 2020 -
Kim Jong Un sends letter to Vladimri Putin in outreach amid Coronavirus outbreak
Kim's message sincerely wished the President and people of Russia sure victory in their struggle to build a powerful Russia by carrying forward the tradition of the great victory in the war and to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection.
May 9, 2020 -
Kim Jong Un sends ‘verbal message’ to Chinese President Xi Jinping: Report
Last week, Kim made his first public appearance since speculation about his health began last month, cutting the ribbon at the opening of a fertilizer factory.
May 8, 2020 -
Kim Jong Un makes first appearance after weeks of speculation, attends ribbon-cutting ceremony
Kim's sister and his close adviser Kim Yo Jong also attended the ceremony.
May 2, 2020 -
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ‘alive and well’, says South Korea amid speculations
'Kim had been staying in Wonsan since April 13. No suspicious movements have so far been detected,' said the adviser. Wonsan is a resort town in the country's east.
April 27, 2020 -
North Korea Kim Jong un ‘guided’ long-range artillery drill: Report
"As he ordered the sub-units to start the fire, the men of long-range artillery pieces on the front opened fire all at once,"
March 3, 2020 -
Kim Jong Un makes first appearance amid Coronavirus scare to mark birth anniversary of late father
The appearance is Kim's first in 22 days after he attended the Lunar New Year festivities then disappeared from the public eye amid global concern over the coronavirus outbreak.
February 17, 2020 -
US slaps sanctions over North Korea overseas workers
US officials in 2017 said that North Korea had some 100,000 overseas workers, bringing in $500 million a year.
January 15, 2020 -
Kim Jong Un urges ‘positive’ security measures ahead of nuke deadline
It was the first time the gathering had lasted more than one day since Kim took power in late 2011, ministry spokesman Lee Sang-min told a regular briefing.
December 31, 2019 -
White House warns North Korea over ‘Christmas gift’ threat
Talks on denuclearization have been largely deadlocked since a second summit between Trump and Kim in Hanoi collapsed at the start of this year.
December 30, 2019 -
N Korea slams Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, calls him ‘stupid’, ‘political dwarf’
Abe "fails to tell one thing from another" and that the "underwit" is "excluded from international politics", the statement added.
November 30, 2019 -
‘Expectations for talks with US disappearing’, says N Korea
Choe's remarks come after Pompeo on Tuesday said in a speech to American veterans that the North's "rogue behaviour could not be ignored" and the US has "galvanized global support to denuclearize North Korea".
August 31, 2019 -
North Korea warns of new cold war on Korean Peninsula
The act "is a grave provocation that has openly denied the joint declarations and the military agreement" between the two sides on the Korean Peninsula, he said.
August 22, 2019