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Kim Jong-un is the supreme leader of North Korea, a post he assumed in 2011. His father Kim Jong-il and grandfather Kim Il-sung held the position before him.

He is married to Ri Sol-ju, but not much else is known about his personal life.

09:04, 18 AUG 2026
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Mystery over Kim Jong-un's message to Donald Trump after 'totally inappropriate' war games
Donald Trump
North Korea's despotic and war-mad leader Kim Jong-un has been sending messages to Donald Trump (probably on Whatsapp), but the US leader wouldn't clarify what the recent ones said
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WW3 fears rise as Putin makes 'world order' statment to Kim Jong-un in North Korea
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Russia's despotic President Vladimir Putin sent a message to fellow war-mad leader Kim Jon-un in North Korea stressing a 'truly democratic world order' over the weekend
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Trump praises friendship with Kim Jong-Un and scales back military drills with South Korea
Donald Trump
Trump appears to have hurt feelings after Seoul declined to take part in America's war on Iran
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Kim Jong-un makes surprise return to public life after two-month absence and one bloke is baffled
Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong-un has been missing from the public eye for months, but newly released official photographs show a robust-looking Kim . . . with one very surprised-looking bloke alongside him
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North Korea fires ballistic missile in anger at US drills as Kim Jong-un still missing
Kim Jong Un
North Korea has launched a short-range ballistic missile into the sea, resuming weapons tests just days before the US and South Korea kick off their annual joint military exercises
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Kim Jong-un hasn't been seen for two months as North Korean despot 'vanishes'
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Kim Jong-un has been AWOL for two months and hasn't appeared at any new building openings or public events - he even skipped the historic 73rd anniversary of the end of the Korean War
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North Korea in chaos as Kim Jong-un still missing while South Korean enemy 'wants peace'
North Korea Dprk
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has gone missing, and now South Korean officials are ramping up the peace rhetoric with very public comments about wanting to live side-by-side with their enemy
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Everyone told to 'stay away from North Korea' as mass arrests of tourists warning issued
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Despite entry to North Korea being limited, and often in small groups with strict security measures, the place is still viewed as a top destination for those curious about life behind the walls
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Kim Jong Un tells North Koreans to 'turn their dogs into soup' during deadly heatwave
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North Koreans are being encouraged to cook up their dogs and turn them into a 'nutritious' soup, as the country stuggles with a record-breaking and deadly heatwave
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Kim Jong-un is still missing despite officials issuing World War 3-level threat to enemies
Kim Jong Un
The mystery over the disapperance of Kim Jong-un grows as the tyrannical North Korean leader has now missed several major events over the last few months in Pyongyang
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Fears for Kim Jong-un grow over despot's disappearance as he misses major North Korean event
North Korea Dprk
The last available images of Kim Jong-un are actually photos of the front page of a North Korean newspaper, showing him meeting with his counterparts in China over two months ago
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Kim Jong-Un 'vanishes' as he's not been seen in months and photos of him disappear
Kim Jong Un
The normally-media loving Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public since the start of June, and all references to his face have seemingly been removed from websites he appears regularly on
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Brutal dictators who used blockbuster sports events to boost their twisted propaganda
Adolf Hitler
Its almost 90 years since US sporting hero Jesse Owens humiliated Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. But the Nazi is not the only dictator to get involved in sport
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North Korean soldier runs through 800k live landmines to escape army duty
Kim Jong Un
The squaddie made a daring escape through the heavily-fortified Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, dodging more than 800,000 landmines and barbed wire
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All the stars conspiracy theorists claim are dead Paul McCartney to Melania Trump
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Rumours have spread for decades that celebrities and public figures have died and been replaced by lookalikes. Even Donald Trump has shared such a claim about Joe Biden
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Europe's last dictator claims Kim Jong Un is 'not a tyrant' in most deluded bromance ever
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Belarus's Alexander Lukashenko has launched a staunch defence of Kim Jong Un, calling him 'not a dictator' during talks to boost trade and bypass sanctions
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Kim Jong Un sparks WW3 panic by unleashing AI-controlled missiles for the first time
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Kim Jong Un has sparked WW3 fears by testing new AI-guided missiles and nuclear-capable artillery to prepare North Korea's forces for 'modern warfare'
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Kim Jong Un sparks WW3 panic after firing mystery projectile into ocean
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Kim Jong Un has sparked WW3 panic after North Korea fired a mystery projectile 49 miles into the sea, triggering a military alert in South Korea and the US
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Starmer announces trade deal with North Korea as embattled PM fights for job
Kim Jong Un
Sir Keir Starmer left MPs in disbelief when he announced a trade agreement with the rogue dictatorship of North Korea, only to backtrack on the gaff minutes later in a hilarious admission
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Russian ship 'filled with nuclear reactors' explodes off European coastline
Kim Jong Un
The Ursa Major went down in the Mediterranean Sea on December 23, 2024, after suffering three explosions on its starboard side, according to Spanish authorities and sources familiar with the probe
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Gardening is 'therapy' for green fingered David Beckham who is 'obsessed'
David Beckham
David Beckhan is obsessed with gardening says his green fingered pal Alamn Titchmarsh and reveals how healing the exEngland captain finds it
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Kim Jong Un 'upgrading North Korean nuclear arsenal' amid WW3 fears
Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Un appears to be pumping funds into various upgrades on the country's primary uranium refining facility, which produces a key material used in manufacturing of nuclear bombs
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All you need to know about Kim Jong-un's 2m London den where curry-loving diplomats hang out
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The official embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea sits at the end of Gunnersbury Avenue in north west London, conveniently close to a curry house beloved by diplomats
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Inside Kim Jong-un's 2m London den where diplomats gorge on curry and shoot hoops
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The official embassy of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea sits at the end of Gunnersbury Avenue in north west London, conveniently close to a curry house beloved by diplomats
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