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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has formally designated South Korea as the country’s “most hostile state,” marking a definitive legal and ideological break in inter-Korean relations. [1]

According to North Korea’s state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the first session of the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly was held on March 22 and formalized the re-election of Kim Jong Un, the autocratic leader of North Korea, as presid... [2]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un plans to maintain nuclear weapons as part of the defense. Kim said on Monday that nuclear weapons are an irreversible part of North Korea and will never give them up. (translated from fi) [3]

U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent declaration that he would “work very hard with Kim Jong Un” to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula felt like an echo from a bygone era. [4]

SEOUL/WASHINGTON -- News of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's possible ill health rippled throughout the world Tuesday, sending governments scrambling for information. [5]

SEOUL -- South Korea's President Moon Jae-in will have lunch with Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader's younger sister, and a high-ranking delegation from Pyongyang on Saturday, Moon's spokesman said on Thursday. (confirmed by 2 sources) [6]

PYONGYANG — Dennis Rodman sang “Happy Birthday” to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before leading a squad of former NBA stars in a friendly game Wednesday as part of his “basketball diplomacy” that has been criticized in the United States as naive an... [7]

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, smiling broadly and supporting himself with a cane, appeared Tuesday in state media for the first time in nearly six weeks, ending an absence that fed global speculation that something was amiss w... (confirmed by 2 sources) [8]

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[1] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-03-24 · 65% match

Kim Jong Un Formalizes South Korea as ‘Primary Hostile State’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has formally designated South Korea as the country’s “most hostile state,” marking a definitive legal and ideological break in inter-Korean relations.

[2] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-03-23 · 58% match

North Korea Enshrines Nuclear Weapons as a Necessity for Future Generations

According to North Korea’s state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the first session of the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly was held on March 22 and formalized the re-election of Kim Jong Un, the autocratic leader of North Korea, as presid

[3] FI yle.fi · 2026-03-24 · 58% match translated from fi

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un plans to maintain nuclear weapons as part of the defense. Kim said on Monday that nuclear weapons are an irreversible part of North Korea and will never give them up.

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[4] TH thediplomat.com · 2025-11-07 · 60% match

Today Trump Is Talking to a Different North Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent declaration that he would “work very hard with Kim Jong Un” to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula felt like an echo from a bygone era.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-04-22 · 75% match

All eyes on Kim family as North Korean leader's health questioned

SEOUL/WASHINGTON -- News of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's possible ill health rippled throughout the world Tuesday, sending governments scrambling for information.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-02-08 · 75% match

Moon to lunch with North Korean leader's sister

SEOUL -- South Korea's President Moon Jae-in will have lunch with Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader's younger sister, and a high-ranking delegation from Pyongyang on Saturday, Moon's spokesman said on Thursday.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-01-09 · 75% match

Rodman Sings Happy Birthday to North Korean Leader

PYONGYANG — Dennis Rodman sang “Happy Birthday” to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before leading a squad of former NBA stars in a friendly game Wednesday as part of his “basketball diplomacy” that has been criticized in the United States as naive an

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-10-14 · 75% match

North Korean Leader Reappears in Public With Cane

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, smiling broadly and supporting himself with a cane, appeared Tuesday in state media for the first time in nearly six weeks, ending an absence that fed global speculation that something was amiss w

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-08-30 · 75% match

Korea Detente Revives North Korean Leader’s Bullet Train Dreams

SEOUL — North Korea’s ruling family has long dreamed of a state-of-the-art rail system linking its major cities with each other and the wider world.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-03-01 · 75% match

Is North Korean leader primed to trade missiles for tractors?

CommentIs North Korean leader primed to trade missiles for tractors? Despite his belligerence, Kim Jong Un cannot ignore looming food crisis Kim Jong Un, center, who has begun redistributing military resources to people in rural areas, participates i

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