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North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress is now over. Culminating on the seventh day with a Politburo meeting, final plenary session, and a military parade, the Kim Jong Un regime concluded this once-every-five-year event with relatively modest fanfare by ... [1]

SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter, Ju Ae, who is likely being prepared as his successor, accompanied her parents on her first public visit to the Kumsusan mausoleum to pay respects to former leaders, state media photos pub... [2]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has entrenched his daughter as heir apparent ahead of a landmark party conference, a South Korean lawmaker said on Thursday after a briefing from Seoul's main intelligence agency. [3]

SEOUL — Perhaps none of the communist legacies shared by Vietnam and North Korea highlighted during Kim Jong Un’s “goodwill visit” to Hanoi is stranger than the embalmed leaders on display in their capital cities, and the secretive team of Russian te... [4]

BEIJING—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun mausoleum complex in Pyongyang on the 26th anniversary of the death of Kim Il Sung, his grandfather and the nation’s founder, state media reported Wednesday. [5]

SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hinted last week that the isolated nation's economy has been battered by the pandemic, resulting in a potential decline in loyalty to the party. [6]

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- North Korea has changed the English title of its leader Kim Jong Un from "chairman" to "president," according to recent state media reports from the country. [7]

SEOUL -- North Korea has removed from its top leadership an official who played a major role in developing the regime's nuclear and missile arsenal, a newly released photo indicates. [8]

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[1] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-02-28 · 85% match

6 Takeaways From North Korea’s 9th Party Congress

North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress is now over. Culminating on the seventh day with a Politburo meeting, final plenary session, and a military parade, the Kim Jong Un regime concluded this once-every-five-year event with relatively modest fanfare by

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-02 · 75% match

Kim Jong Un's daughter makes 1st public visit to state mausoleum

SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter, Ju Ae, who is likely being prepared as his successor, accompanied her parents on her first public visit to the Kumsusan mausoleum to pay respects to former leaders, state media photos pub

[3] TH world.thaipbs.or.th · 2026-02-12 · 75% match

Kim Jong Un entrenches daughter as likely heir, Seoul says

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has entrenched his daughter as heir apparent ahead of a landmark party conference, a South Korean lawmaker said on Thursday after a briefing from Seoul's main intelligence agency.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-03-06 · 75% match

Body Language: The Russian Science Keeping N. Korea’s Dead Leaders Looking Fresh

SEOUL — Perhaps none of the communist legacies shared by Vietnam and North Korea highlighted during Kim Jong Un’s “goodwill visit” to Hanoi is stranger than the embalmed leaders on display in their capital cities, and the secretive team of Russian te

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-07-08 · 75% match

N. Korea’s Kim Visits Grandfather’s Mausoleum on Anniversary of His Death

BEIJING—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun mausoleum complex in Pyongyang on the 26th anniversary of the death of Kim Il Sung, his grandfather and the nation’s founder, state media reported Wednesday.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-04-12 · 75% match

North Korea fears decline in party loyalty amid COVID recession

SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hinted last week that the isolated nation's economy has been battered by the pandemic, resulting in a potential decline in loyalty to the party.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-02-17 · 75% match

Kim Jong Un's English title is now 'president'

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- North Korea has changed the English title of its leader Kim Jong Un from "chairman" to "president," according to recent state media reports from the country.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-07-09 · 75% match

North Korea nuclear official appears ousted from top leadership

SEOUL -- North Korea has removed from its top leadership an official who played a major role in developing the regime's nuclear and missile arsenal, a newly released photo indicates.

[9] MM myanmarnews.net · 75% match

North Korea’s future head could be Kim Jong’s teen daughter Kim Ju Ae

SEOUL, South Korea: The teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the country's future leader, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers this week.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-05-10 · 34% match

Entertainment-focused sake breweries pop up in Niigata, Japan

NIIGATA, Japan -- A growing number of sake breweries in Japan's Niigata prefecture, north of Tokyo, are turning themselves into tourist spots by installing cafes and shops on site.

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