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Kim’s portrait is publicly displayed in North Korea. Here’s a look at what it means
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was publicly displayed along with those of his father and grandfather for the first time, sparking speculation about the message it sends.
You can tell a Moon Jae-in by the company he keeps
This article was originally published May 14, 2017 under the headline “Moon’s right-hand man former friend to the North.” It was republished on June 18, 2020, after then-Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok was mentioned as then-President’s Moon Jae-in’s possible nominee for the post of unification minister. Someone else ended up getting that job but now we are publishing the piece for the third time, with new headlines, in response to the news that ex-President Moon has said in a newly published memoir that he credits Kim Jong Un’s promise to abandon the North’s nuclear weapons.
North Korea's Kim sends condolence message to Iran, KCNA says
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a condolence message to Iran over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, state media KCNA said on Tuesday (May 21).
North Korea’s viral TikTok video praising Kim Jong-un, banned in South Korea
South Korea’s media regulator said on Monday it was banning access to a North Korean propaganda music video that it said idolised and glorified leader Kim Jong-un as a “friendly father” and “great leader.”
North Korea's Kim accelerates production to shore up nuclear force, KCNA says
SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered accelerated production to strengthen the country's nuclear force more rapidly, on the same day he oversaw a test of tactical ballistic missiles with new guidance technology, state media KCNA said on Saturday.
Should South Korea ‘scare Kim’ with US nuclear bombs? ‘China and Russia would raise hell’
Bruce W. Bennett, a senior analyst with the Rand Corporation, made the suggestion at a security forum in Seoul on Thursday, citing a proposal the US think tank first made in a joint report with the South Korean Asan Institute for Policy Studies last year.