Kim Jong Un returns from China visit praising Xi as North Korea seeks closer ties with Beijing North Korea and China hail their ‘invincible unity’ during Kim’s visit even as Xi Jinping remains absent The Independent UK · Oct 25
Kim Jong-Un Is 'Extremely Obese' and Eating Foie Gras While UN Calls Food Insecurity a Key Concern South Korean intelligence reportedly estimates Kim Jong-un weighs about 140kg and faces cardiovascular risk, while finding no major signs of illness and monitoring his daughter's succession prospects. International Business Times UK · Oct 1
A global guide to birthdays that nearly need a ministry of their own For most 76-year-olds, a birthday means cake, a call from the grandchildren and perhaps a gentle argument about sugar. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it now means a month-long national exercise in seva. Newslaundry · Sep 18
Is Kim Jong Un hiding a secret son? Spy agency investigates new report South Korea’s National Intelligence Service maintains that the leader's teenage daughter is still his likely heir The Independent UK · Sep 10
Trump says he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un later this year Trump's comments come just days after he announced that he had ordered US forces to scale back joint military drills with South Korea, which he said sent an "inappropriate and hostile" signal to Pyongyang. Euronews · Aug 19
Here’s Why North Korea Keeps Failing To Make A Film Anyone Outside The Country Wants To Watch He owned more than 15,000 films, personally ran his country's studios, and had the resources of an entire nation behind him. So why couldn't Kim Jong Il produce a single movie anyone outside North Korea wanted to see? Desperate, he resorted to kidnapping the talent he couldn't grow at home. Bored Panda · Jul 17
Inside the ultra-exclusive guesthouse hosting Xi Jinping in North Korea While North Korea has never publicly revealed the exact location of the state guest house, satellite imagery suggests it is located near the Kumsusan Palace complex in Pyongyang’s highly-secured Taesong district The Independent UK · Jun 9
North Korea’s next likely leader named by South Korean spy agency Established in 1948, North Korea has been successively ruled by male members of the Kim family The Independent UK · Apr 6
North Korea and Belarus sign ‘fundamental’ treaty as Lukashenko visits Kim in Pyongyang Analysts say trip signals Pyongyang’s deepening alignment with Russia and Belarus The Independent UK · Mar 26
North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament re-elects Kim Jong Un as leader Kim's powerful sister notably absent from newly reconstituted leadership body The Independent UK · Mar 23
The girl in the frame and an aunt in the shadows: Could North Korea get its first female supreme leader? For most of the world, North Korea remains a sealed stage. The Times of India · Mar 7
Where is Kim Ju Ae? Kim Jong-un’s daughter absent from key party congress amid succession rumours Kim Ju Ae’s presence at the conference was hotly anticipated after South Korean intelligence briefings suggested she had entered ‘successor-designate stage’ The Independent UK · Feb 22
Kim Jong Un has chosen teenage daughter as his heir, says South Korea The secretive country appears set to have a female supreme leader for the first time in its history Evening Standard · Feb 12
Kim Jong Un has chosen his 13-year-old daughter as his heir to rule North Korea, spy agency says Kim Jong Un’s teen daughter Kim Ju Ae may make appearance at upcoming Workers’ Party Congress, South Korea’s spy agency says The Independent UK · Feb 12
The Times of India · Feb 12 Kim Jong Un's teenage daughter being positioned as successor, South Korea says South Korea's intelligence agency believes Kim Jong Un is grooming his teenage daughter, Kim Ju Ae, as his successor, signaling a potential fourth-generation dynasty. Her increasing public appearances at key events, including military functions and a visit to a sacred mausoleum, suggest a formal designation is imminent. This marks a…
The Independent UK · Feb 12 South Korea's spy agency says Kim Jong Un's daughter is close to be designated as future leader South Korea’s spy agency says it believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the country’s future leader
The Independent UK · Jan 2 Kim’s daughter visits family mausoleum, promoting her potential status as heir in North Korea The teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made her first known visit to a sacred family mausoleum where the embalmed bodies of her late grandfather and great-grandfather are on display
Euronews · Nov 4, 2025 North Korea’s ex-ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam dies at 97, state media says Kim Yong-nam was the former president of the Praesidium of North Korea’s rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly from 1998 to 2019.
The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025 How the Unification Church is linked to an investigation into South Korea's former first lady The elderly leader of the Unification Church is the latest high-profile figure in South Korea to face an investigation in connection with criminal probes of former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife
The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025 Her name and age are unconfirmed, but she could be North Korea’s next Supreme Leader Here’s what we know about the teen believed to be called Kim Ju Ae
The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025 Kim Jong Un has brought his daughter to Beijing. What to know about the possible North Korean heir North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has brought his young daughter on a significant trip to China, marking her first known overseas appearance
Al Jazeera · Sep 2, 2025 China’s Victory Day military parade: Who attended and what happened? Xi hosted Kim, Putin and other world leaders for a show of strength and a reminder of history.
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025 Kim Jong Un rides his trademark green train to China. He also has a plane, limos and white horses North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to arrive in China aboard his trademark green armored train
International Business Times · Sep 2, 2025 'Fortress' On Wheels: Kim Jong Un's Bulletproof Train An olive-green North Korean train, emblazoned with a gold stripe, carried leader Kim Jong Un into China on Tuesday for a grand military parade that President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin will also attend.
The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025 Inside the bulletproof train that Kim Jong Un uses for international trips The locomotive travels only 60 kilometres (37 miles) per hour and is expected to take 20 hours to get to Beijing