Kim Jong Un

The past few weeks have seen an intensification of rumours concerning Kim Jong Un’s health. However, multiple sources are claiming that the North Korean leader has died. The 36 year old Kim Jong Un took over the leadership of North Korea in 2011 after his father Kim Jong Il reportedly died of a heart attack. […]

Kim Jong Un inspected the demonstration of a “new-type tactical guided weapon” on Thursday as a warning to South Korean “warmongers” to stop importing weapons and conducting joint military drills, a message that analysts said was also aimed at the United States. The short-range missiles were fired into the Sea of Japan, also known as […]

North Korea on Monday hailed the weekend meeting between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump in the Demilitarized Zone as “historic”, as analysts said Pyongyang was looking to shape the narrative to its own agenda. The two leaders agreed to “resume and push forward productive dialogues for making a new breakthrough in […]

US president Donald Trump has arrived for a historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after making his first trip to the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas. The unprecedented meeting at the demilitarised zone (DMZ) comes after Mr Trump tweeted what he said was a spontaneous invitation to Mr Kim. South Korea’s president […]

United States President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ended the summit with no agreement, the White House announced. “No agreement was reached at this time, but their respective teams look forward to meeting in the future,” White house spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement. There had been some expectation […]

The leaders of the US and North Korea meet in Hanoi, Vietnam, at the start of the second nuclear summit. The pair, who looked pleased to see each other as they shook hands, were to hold a brief discussion on Wednesday before full meetings on Thursday In his remarks to the press, President Donald Trump […]

US Vice-President Mike Pence has warned North Korea’s Kim Jong-un not to “play” President Donald Trump if they meet next month. Mr Pence said in a Fox News interview that such a move would be a “great mistake” by the North Korean leader. Mr Pence also said there was “no question” that Mr Trump could […]

North Korea hit one of its own cities during a botched ballistic missile test last year, according to a report. A Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile was launched from North Korea’s Pukchang Airfield on 28 April. It flew around 24 miles to the northeast before failing and coming down on the city of Tokchon, according to […]

US President Donald Trump warned Kim Jong-Un Tuesday he has a “much bigger” nuclear button than the North Korean leader, as Washington dismissed the prospect of high-level talks between Pyongyang and Seoul. Trump launched the highly personal missive on Twitter hours after his ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley described proposed dialogue between the two Koreas […]

Kim Jong Un on Monday warned the United States that he has a “nuclear button” on his desk ready for use if North Korea is threatened, but offered an olive branch to South Korea, saying he was “open to dialogue” with Seoul. After a year dominated by fiery rhetoric and escalating tensions over North Korea’s nuclear weaponsprogramme, Kim used […]