All news on the topic: Kim Jong-un

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Kim Jong-un welcomes Putin's war chief as Russia prepares to beg for weapons
Russian President Vladimir Putin's war chief arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday evening and was greeted by senior North Korean officials including Defense Minister Kang Sun Nam
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Kim Jong-un ready to detonate new nuke amid fears site can't contain radiation
North Korean experts believe the country's leader is ready to give the orders to detonate the nuke despite fears his underground site isn't safe
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North Korea 'ready' to set off nuke as experts fear test site can't contain it
North Korea could be about to detonate another nuclear weapon in a new test, despite the fears of international experts who claim Kim Jong-un's underground test site won't contain all the radiation
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North Korea fires 2 missiles after detaining US soldier who fled across border
The missile launches appear to be a retaliation to the US deploying a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time since the 1980s - it also comes as a US solider fled after being released from a South Korean prison
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US soldier's 'defection' to North Korea 'could not be worse', expert says
There is 'immense pressure' on the US after the possible defection of Tavis King, a US soldier into North Korea, earlier today - relations between to countries are at a low amid nuclear tensions
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US deploys nuclear submarine to South Korea in show of force against Kim Jong-un
The USS Kentucky, an Ohio-class submarine, arrived at the South Korean port of Busan on Tuesday afternoon. The US have warned any use by North Korea of nuclear weapons in combat would result in the end of the regime
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North Korea detains US soldier who crossed border into country unauthorised
The United Nations Command said Kim Jong-un's tyrannical North Korean regime has detained a United States soldier, named as Travis King, who holds the rank of private second class in the US Army, for crossing the Military Demarcation Line from South Korea without permission
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Kim Jong-un vows to ramp up nuclear power as he tests 'most powerful weapon yet'
North Korea made one of its most aggressive boasts yet after launching the Hwasong-18 - an intercontinental ballistic missile which Kim Jong-un claims could fly to the US if launched at the right trajectory
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North Korean hackers 'steal £2.4bn in crypto to fund ballistic missile project'
North Korea and hackers linked to the regime are said to have robbed $3billion over recent years in an attempt to help fund their ballistic missile programme
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Kim Jong-un bans suicide in North Korea calling it 'treason against socialism'
Kim Jong-un called suicide "treason against socialism" and has reportedly ordered local governments to take preventative measures, following a rise in cases across the country
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North Korea sends elite to work on rice farms after starvation deaths triple
Kim Jong-un has ballooned to over 22 stone despite starvation deaths tripling in North Korea in just one year with Pyongyang elite sent to work on rice farms
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North Korea spy warning as Kim Jong-un's sister vows to launch satellite
North Korea's attempt to put its first military spy satellite into orbit failed as its rocket crashed off the Korean Peninsula's western coast
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Kim Jong Un 'suffering from insomnia, weighs over 20st and dependant on alcohol'
Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader of North Korea, is said to be addicted to smoking and drinking, causing him to suffer from insomnia as doctors rush to find treatments
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Major embarrassment for Kim as North Korean 'spy satellite' fails after take-off
South Korean sailors were seen fishing refuge out of the sea near Eocheongo Island after the suspected spy satellite - which breaches international law - failed moments after its launch
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Toddler, 2, 'jailed for life' after parents caught with a Bible in North Korea
A two-year-old is set to spend his entire life in a prison camp after his Christian parents were found with a Bible in their homes, according to a report by the US State Department
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Kim Jong-Un’s sister calls Joe Biden ‘old man with no future’ as tensions grow
Kim Yo-Jong, sister and aide of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, laid into US President Jo Biden as he announced a landmark agreement on protecting South Korea from potential nuclear attacks
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Kim Jong-un launches 'most powerful' missile yet from his private golf course
The new Hwasong-18 rocket blasted off last week from a private launch site east of Pyongyang, in Kim Jong-un's private mansion
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Kim Jong-un digitally 'scrubs' famous actor from TV over ties to executed uncle
The North Korean leader reportedly dislikes Choe Ung Chol due to his friendship with his uncle Jang Song Thaek, whom he had executed over an alleged coup attempt and failing to clap enthusiastically
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Search underway as army helicopter carrying soldiers disappears from radar
The Ministry of Defence in Tokyo said that a Ground Self Defence Force helicopter which was circling Miyako Island, close to Taiwan, disappeared from the radar
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'Extreme risk' of nuclear disaster surges as Russia's war with Ukraine escalates
Vladimir Putin's soldiers continue to launch artillery around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - which is the largest facility of its kind in Europe - and could infect the entire continent with radiation in the event of a disaster
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Kim Jong-un’s daughter wears £1,950 Christian Dior jacket to missile launch
Kim Ju-ae, believed to be around 10 years old, was photographed with her father Kim Jong-un at Pyongyang International Airport in North Korea in a four-digit priced hoodie
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North Korea vows to make rivals despair in ‘radioactive tsunami’ nuke drone test
Pyongyang has ramped up its weapons demonstrations in recent months in response to military exercises between the United States and its ally South Korea, leading to increased nuclear tensions
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Kim Jong-un’s guards ‘face execution’ for letting him go out in stained jacket
State media images showed the North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-un with a mysterious white stain on the arm of his coat, sparking fears his unlucky staff could be punished for failing to protect his dignity
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North Korea launches more missiles after simulating nuclear attack on neighbour
Today marks the fourth round of tests in direct response to the US and South Korea military drills held last week - which Pyongyang claims is tantamount to an invasion rehearsal of its Hermit Kingdom