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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un vows to improve ties with outside world at party meeting

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Updated on Jan 08, 2021 08:59 am IST

Kim vows to bolster North Korea’s military at party meeting

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un
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Updated on Jan 07, 2021 01:36 pm IST

Kim tells party congress that North Korea’s economic plan failed ‘tremendously’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks on the first day of the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo supplied by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 6, 2021.
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Updated on Jan 06, 2021 11:13 pm IST

Kim Jong Un urges ‘big leap forward’ at rare North Korea congress

Kim is one of the few world leaders yet to congratulate -- or even acknowledge -- Biden’s defeat of President Donald Trump, who dispensed with decades of US foreign policy to hold three meetings with the North Korean leader. There was no mention of the president-elect in the initial accounts of the event.
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Published on Jan 06, 2021 01:18 pm IST

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un opens congress with policy failures admission

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a ruling party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea on Tuesday.
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Updated on Jan 06, 2021 06:38 am IST

‘I will work hard’: North Korea’s Kim thanks people in rare New Year’s cards

Kim, who succeeded his father as North Korean leader in 2011, is facing the toughest challenges of his nine-year rule due to the pandemic, several natural disasters last summer and the stalemate over US-led sanctions and his nuclear weapons program.
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Updated on Jan 01, 2021 10:38 am IST

North Korea prepares for major party congress amid growing challenges

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un chaired a politburo meeting on Tuesday to prepare for the congress, state media reported, without specifying an exact date for its start
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Published on Dec 30, 2020 01:54 pm IST

Four ways North Korea’s Kim Jong Un got more dangerous under Trump sanctions

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore.
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Updated on Dec 29, 2020 04:42 am IST

Donald Trump’s top North Korea envoy urges Kim to return to talks

The two sides have made little progress since Donald Trump walked out of his last summit with Kim Jong Un in Hanoi in early 2019.
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Published on Dec 10, 2020 11:57 am IST

Kim Jong Un’s sister slams Seoul over questioning zero-virus claim

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.
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Published on Dec 09, 2020 05:56 pm IST

Kim Jong Un’s sister slams Seoul over questioning zero-virus claim

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam March 2, 2019.
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Updated on Dec 09, 2020 08:46 am IST

For North Korean spies, Vienna provides key gateway to Europe

North Korea’s economy is headed this year for its biggest contraction in more than two decades, due in part to Kim Jong Un’s decision to close borders during the coronavirus pandemic
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Updated on Dec 05, 2020 02:19 pm IST

Kim Jong Un given experimental Covid-19 vaccine by China, says US analyst

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the 19th Meeting of the Political Bureau of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
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Updated on Dec 01, 2020 02:13 pm IST

Kim Jong Un likely to let his missiles do the talking with Joe Biden

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the 20th Enlarged Meeting of the Political Bureau of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Published on Nov 27, 2020 06:26 am IST

Microsoft says Covid-19 researchers were targeted by Russian, North Korean hackers

Microsoft says state-backed Russian and North Korean hackers have in recent months tried to steal valuable data from leading pharmaceutical companies and Covid-19 vaccine researchers.
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Updated on Nov 14, 2020 04:55 am IST

From ‘love’ to ‘thug’: Joe Biden win to change US-North Korea dynamic

North Korea despises Biden for his role in the Obama administration
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Updated on Nov 09, 2020 01:56 pm IST

Biden slams Trump friendship with ‘thug’ Kim

The two leaders have met two more times and North Korea has since held off on nuclear and missile tests but analysts say Pyongyang has kept advancing its weapons programs
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Updated on Oct 23, 2020 02:24 pm IST

Donald Trump and the strongmen: How US leader fell for autocrats

President Donald Trump with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea in June 2019.
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Updated on Oct 21, 2020 11:19 am IST

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un visits sites for rebuilding towns hit by typhoons, floods

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects reconstruction sites in an area hit by recent typhoons, in South Hamgyong Province, North Korea in this undated photo supplied by the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), October 14, 2020. KCNA via REUTERS
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Updated on Oct 15, 2020 11:39 am IST

North Korea’s Kim pledges thousands of new homes in storm recovery effort: Report

Visiting one of the worst-hit areas of North Korea, Kim expressed regret over the more than 50-year-old houses in which people have been living and urged the military to embark on a more ambitious construction plan, KCNA said.
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Updated on Oct 14, 2020 09:04 am IST

Kim Jong Un breaks down in rare apology to North Koreans

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un reacts during a speech at a military parade marking 75th founding anniversary of Workers' Party of Korea (Wpk), in this still image taken from video on October 12, 2020.
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Updated on Oct 13, 2020 09:15 am IST

Kim Jong Un throws down gauntlet with huge new ICBM: Analysts

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen in this file photo.
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Updated on Oct 11, 2020 10:33 pm IST

Kim Jong Un shows off military might but refrains from threatening US

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un salutes as he attends a parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.
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Updated on Oct 11, 2020 03:23 pm IST

North Korea unveils new intercontinental ballistic missile at military parade

The parade featured North Korea’s ballistic missiles for the first time since Kim began meeting with international leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, in 2018.
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Updated on Oct 10, 2020 07:14 pm IST

North Korea’s Kim attends military parade, thanks troops for stopping coronavirus

State television began broadcasting edited video of the event later on Saturday after a day of silence about the parade, which was held in Pyongyang’s recently renovated Kim Il Sung Square.
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Updated on Oct 10, 2020 07:47 pm IST

North Korea’s Kim says wishes ‘good health’ to world’s coronavirus sufferers

Kim Jong Un wished coronavirus sufferers around the world good health at a military parade on Saturday that defied the pandemic
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Published on Oct 10, 2020 04:29 pm IST

‘Intend to successfully develop China-Korea relations’: Xi Jinping to Kim Jong Un

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk during Xi's visit in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Updated on Oct 10, 2020 12:03 pm IST

Kim Jong Un set to show off nuclear advances in message to Trump

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
world news
Updated on Oct 10, 2020 06:11 am IST

Embark on 80-day campaign to attain goals, Kim Jong Un tells North Koreans

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the 19th Meeting of the Political Bureau of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), in this image released by North Korea's Central News Agency on October 5, 2020. KCNA/via REUTERS
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Updated on Oct 06, 2020 08:19 am IST

Kim Jong Un’s sister reported in public for first time since July

This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 2, 2020 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and sister Kim Yo Jong visiting fields in Kimhwa County, Kangwon province.
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Updated on Oct 02, 2020 11:00 am IST
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