Sources: BBC
North Korea passes a new law formally declaring itself a "nuclear state". The law includes the right of North Korea to use "preemptive" nuclear strikes as Kim Jong-un promises to "never give up" the country's nuclear weapons. 2022-09-9
Kim Yo-jong, sister of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, says that North Korea is open to holding another summit in South Korea if mutual respect between the two countries can be assured. 2021-09-25
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un demands that officials wage a tougher epidemic prevention campaign in “our style” after he rejects a donation of three million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the U.N. COVAX initiative. 2021-09-3
Seoul-based "Daily NK" reports North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is recuperating from a heart procedure done earlier this month, after his disappearance from various events led to speculation about his health. 2020-04-20
Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping arrives in North Korea for a two-day state visit with Korean Workers' Party chairman Kim Jong-un. 2019-06-20
During the State of the Union speech, President Trump announced he will meet with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un in Vietnam on February 27 and 28. 2019-02-5
South Korean President Moon Jae-in states that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wants to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump for a second time. 2018-09-20
North Korea and South Korea open their first liaison office near Kaesong ahead of the third summit meeting between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un in 2018. 2018-09-14
Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, fails to show at an event marking the 69th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, increasing speculation about his prolonged absence from public view. 2014-10-10
A joint New Year editorial by North Korean media calls for "human shields" to protect new Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. 2012-01-1