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North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency reports that leader Kim Jong-un attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for a fertilizer plant today, in his first official appearance since his disappearance from public focus last month.
2020-05-2

Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader of North Korea, orders the country to conduct more tests of nuclear weapons to improve its capacity.
2016-03-11

North Korea commemorates the one-year anniversary of the death of former Leader Kim Jong-il.
2012-12-17

Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, leads thousands of officials in a memorial service for his father Kim Jong-il, the former leader, who died on 17 December 2011.
2012-12-16

A giant statue of Kim Jong-il is unveiled in North Korea ahead of the 70th anniversary of his birthday.
2012-02-15

Kim Jong-un is acknowledged as the new supreme leader of North Korea at the conclusion of a state funeral for his father.
2011-12-29

South Korea reissues an invitation to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to a nuclear summit next year.
2011-06-1

North Korea's state-run television broadcasts its first Western film, "Bend It Like Beckham".
2010-12-30

Kim Jong-il's eldest son, Kim Jong-nam, announces his opposition to the hereditary succession plan in North Korea which would see power transferred to his younger brother Kim Jong-un.
2010-10-12

A rare congress of the Korean Workers' Party in North Korea is postponed amid speculation about the health of Kim Jong-il.
2010-09-13