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Undated: Kim Jong-un (officially transcribed Kim Jong Un;[a] born 8 January 1983) is a North Korean politician serving as Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and also serving as the Chairman (previously called first secretary) of the Workers' Party of Korea since 2012. Kim is the second child of Kim Jong-il (1941–2011) and Ko Yong-hui (1952–2004).[5] He is the grandson of Kim Il-sung, who was the first leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994.[6] Kim is the first North Korean leader who was born after the country's founding.[7]
From late 2010, Kim Jong-un was viewed as heir apparent to the leadership of the DPRK, and following the elder Kim's death, North Korean state television announced him as the "Great Successor".[8] Kim holds the titles of Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (as First Secretary between 2012 and 2016), Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,[9] and member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea, the highest decision-making body in North Korea.[10] Kim was promoted to the rank of Marshal of North Korea in the Korean People's Army on 18 July 2012, consolidating his position as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces[11] and is often referred to as Marshal Kim Jong-un, "the Marshal"[12] or "Dear Respected" by state media.[13]
On 12 December 2013, North Korean news outlets reported that Kim Jong-un had ordered the execution of his uncle Jang Song-thaek due to "treachery".[14] Kim is widely believed to have ordered the assassination of his half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, in Malaysia in February 2017.[15][16]
In 2018 Kim Jong-un and President of South Korea Moon Jae-in met twice in Panmunjom on the border between North and South, and once in Pyongyang. On 12 June 2018, Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump met for a summit in Singapore, the first-ever talks held between a North Korean leader and a sitting US President, to discuss the North Korean nuclear program. A follow-up meeting in February 2019 ended abruptly without an agreement.
On 25 April 2019, Kim Jong Un and the President of Russia Vladimir Putin held their first summit in Vladivostok, Russia. [17]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-un
Undated: The 2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, commonly known as Singapore Summit, was a summit meeting between North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump,[4] held at the Capella Hotel, Sentosa, Singapore. This was the first-ever meeting between leaders of North Korea and the United States. They signed a joint statement, agreeing to security guarantees for North Korea, new peaceful relations, the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, recovery of soldiers' remains, and follow-up negotiations between high-level officials. Both leaders also met separately with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_Singapore_Summit
Undated: The Moranbong Band (lit. "Tree Peony Peak Band"), also known as the Moran Hill Orchestra,[1] is an all-female music group in North Korea whose members were selected by the country's supreme leader Kim Jong-un.[2][3][4][5] Performing interpretive styles of pop, rock, and fusion, they are the first all-female band from the DPRK, and made their world debut on July 6, 2012.[6] Their varied musical style has been described as symphonic because it is "putting together different kinds of sounds, and ending in a harmonious, pleasing result."[7]
The band has been referred to in the West as "North Korea's version of the Spice Girls".[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moranbong_Band
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