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North Korea blows up the four-storey Inter-Korean Liaison Office in the Kaesong Industrial Region, according to South Korean authorities. Kim Yo-jong, the sister of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, had earlier threatened to destroy the "useless" building. A neighbouring apartment complex used by South Korean officials appears to have partially collapsed in the explosion.
2020-06-16

For the second time in two months, North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un meets China's paramount leader Xi Jinping, this time in Dalian.
2018-05-8

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 new statue of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is unveiled in the capital Pyongyang.
2012-02-14

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

North Korea begins two days of funeral services for former leader Kim Jong-Il, who died on December 17 of a heart attack, aged 69.
2011-12-28

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

South Korea's presidential office claims that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is visiting China for the second time this year.
2010-08-26