SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a New Year’s Day performance by young students and emphasized the importance of education, state media said Tuesday. Kim made the remarks as he attended the performance at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace in Pyongyang the previous day, according to the Korean Central News [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for preparing for a possible war in an “offensive” manner, the North’s state media said Thursday, as South Korea and the United States plan to stage joint military drills later this month. Kim made the remarks while presiding over an enlarged meeting [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a football match with his daughter in celebration of his late father Kim Jong-il’s birthday, state media reported Saturday. Kim and his daughter, known as Ju-ae, watched the match between officials of the Cabinet and the Ministry of National Defence on Friday [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Tuesday unveiled the designs of a new stamp featuring the daughter of the North’s leader Kim Jong-un, known as Ju-ae, for the first time. The stamp designs uploaded on the website of the North’s Korea Stamp Corp. show photos of the North’s leader and his daughter [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for bolstering the country’s military strength at an unprecedented pace, during a photo session with the participants of a military parade held earlier this week, Pyongyang’s state media reported Friday. Speaking on Thursday, Kim stressed that the prosperity of the North depends on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made a second public appearance with his daughter during a photo session with officials involved in this month’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch, state media said Sunday. Photos published by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) showed the daughter, presumed to be Kim’s second [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s state broadcaster on Sunday revealed additional photos showing leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter observing the test-firing of last week’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the second straight day. The disclosure by the North’s Korean Central Television spawned speculation that it might be intended to rationalize the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea revealed leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter for the first time Saturday in photos showing them attending the test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the previous day. The North’s state media reported that Kim inspected the launch of a Hwasong-17, the country’s largest ballistic missile, at Pyongyang International [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday expressed full support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, the country’s state media reported, despite international condemnation for his invasion of Ukraine. The Russian people have “achieved great successes in accomplishing the just cause of defending the dignity and security of their country [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made clear he will place policy priorities in 2022 on developing the national economy and bolstering antivirus efforts, according to Pyongyang’s state media Saturday. He delivered the message during a major Workers’ Party plenary held earlier this week to set the policy directions for [...]