Tag: Kim Jong Un
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North Korea facing biggest challenge in history over Covid-19 outbreak: Kim Jong Un
The country has reported 17,400 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections to 520,000, according to the KCNA news agency.
May 14, 2022 -
Food, not Nukes
The North Korean leader reportedly told the gathering that “the main task facing the party and people next year is to provide a sure guarantee for the implementation of the five-year plan and bring about a remarkable change in state development and the people’s standard of living”
January 4, 2022 -
Kim Jong-un urges improvement in people’s livelihoods
North Korea's economy has been battered by years of sanctions over its nuclear and weapons programmes, and heavy rains and floods have also taken a toll.
October 11, 2021 -
North Korea’s Kim seeks better ties with South, but slams US
Kim’s statement is an apparent effort to drive a wedge between Seoul and Washington as he wants South Korea to help him win relief from the crippling U.S.-
September 30, 2021 -
Feelers from NK
The United States toughened sanctions following North Korea’s provocative run of nuclear and missile tests in 2016-17
September 29, 2021 -
North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into eastern waters
This comes two days after claiming to have tested a newly developed missile in a resumption of its weapons displays after a six-month lull.
September 15, 2021 -
North Korea says it tested new long-range cruise missiles
The North hailed its new missiles as a “strategic weapon of great significance”, implying that they were being developed with an intent to arm them with nuclear warheads.
September 13, 2021 -
North Korea vows stronger attack capabilities over allied drills
North Korea's angry reaction to the drills further diminishes South Korean hopes for improving bilateral ties, which rose after the North agreed to reopen long-stalled communication channels with the South in late July.
August 10, 2021 -
Kim vows to boost China ties amidst pandemic hardship
Kim made the comments in a message to President Xi Jinping congratulating him on the 100th founding anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party
July 1, 2021 -
Kim sister derides US official, dismisses chances for talks
Kim Yo Jong’s blunt statement indicates that the diplomatic impasse over North Korea’s nuclear program is likely to continue unless the North suffers greater pandemic-related economic difficulties and needs urgent outside assistance
June 22, 2021 -
Kim vows to be ready for both dialogue and confrontation with US
The move comes after the United States and others urged the North to abandon its nuclear program and return to talks.
June 18, 2021 -
North Korea’s Kim looks much thinner, causing health speculation
Kim’s health matters in Seoul, Washington, Tokyo, and other world capitals because he hasn’t publicly anointed a successor who would control an advancing nuclear program targeting the United States and its allies — if he is incapacitated.
June 16, 2021 -
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