Kim Jong Il is the father of Kim Jong Un and Kim Yo Jong.
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The country's leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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North Korea leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-unKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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We are becoming the existential threat Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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Al-Jazeera reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-unKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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Kim Jong Nam (left) and his younger half brother Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong Nam was the eldest son of Kim Jong Il and was once the most likely person to succeed him.
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Ri said Trump's insults against North Korea and its leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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South Korea on Monday welcomed a message from North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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North Korea Kim Jong Un is being Kim Jong Un again.
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Trump closed the month with an unsuccessful summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell said Sunday that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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Kim Jong Nam, left, and North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un, right.
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In the current North Korean standoff, Kim Jong-unKim Jong UnState Dept.
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She was seated in the front row with Kim Jong Un, between Kim Jong Un's wife, Ri Sol Ju, and his sister, Kim Yo Jong.
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Kim Jong Nam and Kim Jong Un are both sons of former leader Kim Jong Il, who died in late 2011, but they had different mothers.
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Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, was made an alternate member of the politburo - the top decision-making body over which Kim Jong Un presides.
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Kim and Ko had two sons, Kim Jong Un and Kim Jong Chul.
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That starts with Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister.
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Tensions between Washington and Pyongyang have been heightened in recent months as North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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Tomorrow, two worlds will collide as South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korea's Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Kim Jong Un and Kim Yo Jong have the same mother, Ko Yong Hui.
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Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, wanted such a meeting with President Clinton.
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Trying to "out-Kim Jong Un" Kim Jong Un is not a winning strategy.
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Kim Jong Nam and Kim Jong Un are both sons of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who died in late 2011, but they had different mothers.
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" Obama and Kim Jong Un Trump claimed Obama called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "many times" but "Kim Jong Un did not want to talk to him.
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Because of Kim Jong Nam's close ties with China, some experts believe Kim Jong Un may have been concerned that China would use Kim Jong Nam to replace him.
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During President Trump's recent 12-day trip to Asia, the president exchanged insults with North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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Kim Jong Un's younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, is referred to by her party position.
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Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un's father, who died in 2011, was obsessed with cinema.
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Even Kim Jong-un's father, Kim Jong-il, made seven trips between 2000 and 2011.
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Kim Jong Nam was revealed to his grandfather once Kim Jong Il's plans were solidified, according to "Exit Emperor Kim Jong Il," a book about Kim Jong Il which relies heavily on the testimony of Hwang Jang Yop, a former mentor of Kim's who defected.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Kim Jong Un. WATTERS: Donald Trump just met Kim Jong Un at a summit.
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Yo-jong is the youngest daughter of the late Kim Jong-il and Ko Yong-hui.
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The relationship between Jong-un and Jong-nam has, put simply, long been tumultuous and volatile.
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Kim Jong Il, Jong Un's father, was never seen in public with any of his wives.
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Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, was killed Feb.
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Kim Jong-il died in December 2011 and was succeeded by his son Kim Jong-un.
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Kim Jong-nam has in the past spoken out against his half brother, Kim Jong-un.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies in December and son Kim Jong Un takes power.
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Seoul's delegation met Kim Jong Un, his sister Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un's wife and other officials on Monday, said Kim Eui-kyeom, a spokesman for the South's presidential office.
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But his response revealed that not only might he be forgetting Kim Jong-un's name, he may be confusing the very alive Kim Jong-un with the very dead Kim Jong-il.
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Asked if Kim Jong Un's brother, Kim Jong Chol, could run the country instead, Thae remained skeptical.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, delivered that message during her meeting with Moon on Saturday.
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Kim Jong-un's father, Kim Jong-il, who died in December 2011, never held a party congress.
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Kim Jong-il died in 2011 and power was passed to his third son, Kim Jong-un.
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The man is Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un.
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Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, who died in December 2011, never held a party congress.
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North Korean officials, including Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, were seated one row behind Pence.
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If America — Trump — does not give Kim Jong-un sanctions relief, Kim Jong-un could do anything.
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" On Kim Jong Un: "I won't rule out direct talks with Kim Jong Un. I just won't.
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Fall from grace Kim Jong Nam was the most public of all of Kim Jong Il's sons before Kim Jong Un took power, though most remember him for the scandalous headlines he made.
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Kim Yo Jong and Kim Jong Un both have the same mother — Ko Yang Hui, a former dancer born in Japan who was a partner of Kim Jong Il, who died in 2011.
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It is possible that Jong Nam was involved in financial dealings that Jong Un wanted to wind up.
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He also "liked" Russian President Vladimir Putin and a Kim Jong Un impersonator calling himself Kim Jong "Um".
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Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was murdered on Feb.
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Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, had a long history of alternating between belligerency and diplomatic outreach.
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Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, worked to renew ties after Putin first became president in 1999.
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Kim Jong-un, 34, is the youngest of three sons of his father and predecessor, Kim Jong-il.
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Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was killed on Feb.
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While Kim Jong Il was the heir apparent, Kim Jong Un's path to command was far less certain.
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During World War II, Kim Il-sung (Kim Jong-un's grandfather) served as a captain in the Red Army; Kim Jong-il (Kim Jong-un's father) traveled to Russia several times in the early 2000s.
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Jang's execution, ordered by Kim Jong Un in late 2013, would have affected Kim Jong Nam "badly," Madden said.
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Kim was the most public of all Kim Jong Il's sons before half brother Kim Jong Un took power.
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In this very chummy, palsy-walsy letter to Kim Jong-un, he, Kim Jong-un, is the big winner.
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In 2001, Jong-nam – the oldest son of Kim Jong-il – was the most likely successor to his father.
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Kim Jong-il died in 2011 and his youngest son, Kim Jong-un, took over control of North Korea.
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Saving Charlotte , by Pia de Jong, translated from the Dutch by Pia de Jong and Landon Y. Jones (Norton) .
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This, despite the fact that Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Kim Jong-il died in 2011 and his youngest son, Kim Jong-un took over control of North Korea.
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The regime is led by 30-something Kim Jong-un, who inherited power from his father, Kim Jong-il.
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"I don't think any American president can tolerate that leader with the capacity to reach the United States," Rice said of North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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Alongside Kim Jong Un himself, the promotion makes Kim Yo Jong the only other millennial member of the influential body.
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Kim Jong Nam We now know the substance that killed Kim Jong Un's half brother -- an internationally banned chemical weapon.
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"The Great Successor," about Kim Jong Un, details meetings between Kim Jong Nam and his handlers in the two countries.
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Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un's influential sister, visited the games and met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
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Current supreme leader Kim Jong Un was born to Kim Jong Il's mistress Ko Young Hee in the early 1980s.
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Trump has been downright affectionate towards Kim Jong-unKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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A new North Korean Constitution names Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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First off, you mentioned, you mentioned Kim Jong-unKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Despite three summits between Trump and Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il, and Kim Il-sung were all tremendous assholes, but they're no strangers to poetry.
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Standing tearfully behind Kim Jong Un at their father's funeral was his younger sister, 28-year-old Kim Yo Jong.
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The North sent Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, to the opening ceremony.
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I don't trust Kim Jong Un, and it is wishful thinking that Kim Jong Un would abandon his nuclear program.
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He had an older brother named Kim Jong Chul and would later have a younger sister named Kim Yo Jong.
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Although Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of former supreme leader Kim Jong Il, was not politically active in Pyongyang and actually never met his half-brother, Kim Jong Un still may have seen him as a threat.
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Leadership analysis might give clues Russian defense minister: 'We won't do anything' in Europe unless US places missiles there MORE said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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North Korea's current leader Kim Jong-un is famously an Apple fan, as was his father, Kim Jong-il, before him.
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Thae added that if Kim Jong Nam was killed under Kim Jong Un's orders, it would highlight the leader's paranoid state.
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Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong, who was by his side in Hanoi, was removed from official activity, Chosun reported.
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Remember that, when he met with the North Korean dictator at the time, Kim Jong-un&aposs father, Kim Jong-il.
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Kim Jong Un The North Korean leader's half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, died Monday after being poisoned at a Malaysian airport.
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It claims that Kim Jong Il, the late father of the country's dictator, Kim Jong Un, was born in its foothills.
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THE murder of Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of Kim Jong Un, the North Korean dictator, had already seemed outlandish enough.
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Donald Trump issued a warning against Kim Jong-un that, well, sounded a lot like something Kim Jong-un would say.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent his younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, as part of the delegation to meet Moon.
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Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il, was known to threaten to cancel international meetings to push for concessions.
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" According to Fujimoto, Kim Jong Il said that Jong Chul was unfit to rule "because he is like a little girl.
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At the opening ceremony, he chose to ignore Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un's sister, when sitting feet away from her.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnThe Hill's Morning Report - Is this a turning point in 2020 Dem presidential primary?
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I don't see him meeting successfully with Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Trump's second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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They point to the regime's charm offensive at the Olympics, including a visit by Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un's sister.
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Many of them are half-siblings, but Kim Jong Un and Kim Yo Jong have the same mother, Ko Yong Hui.
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South Korea has accused North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, of ordering the killing of his half brother, Kim Jong-nam.
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It shows Kim Jong-il, a former leader of North Korea, not his son, Kim Jong-un, the country's current leader.
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Kim Jong-un's father, Kim Jong-il, and grandfather both carried out deadly purges in the early years of their rule.
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Kim Jong Il, father of Kim Jong Un, possessed the nuclear weapons that the Iraqi president desired but did not have.
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" — JIMMY KIMMEL "Trump just gave an interview where he appeared to confuse Kim Jong-un with his father, Kim Jong-il.
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This is how close U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong.
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It was itself a sort of tribute to Kim Jong-il, who was the father of current leader Kim Jong-un.
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Suspect in assassination of Kim Jong Un's half brother arrested in Malaysia Suspect in assassination of Kim Jong Un's half brother arrested in Malaysia Malaysian police said Wednesday they have arrested one of the two women suspected of killing Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, who was killed Monday.
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Kim Jong Il, in turn, was succeeded by his youngest son, and Jong Nam's half brother, Kim Jong Un. The eldest of the Kim siblings, Kim Jong Nam was born to a famous married actress and kept in hiding in case his existence hampered his father's chances of taking over from the country's founder, his grandfather Kim Il Sung.
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The two countries' teams marched under a shared flag, some South Korean athletes rained at Kim Jong-Un's private ski resort, and Jong-Un's sister, Kim Yo-Jong, met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in during the games.
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Testing missiles is obviously Kim Jong Un's thing: his father, Kim Jong II, only conducted 18 tests during his 18-year reign.
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In 2000 he became the first South Korean leader to meet North Korea's then-Chairman Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father.
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Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was killed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport last week.
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Some of those reforms earned the ire of Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, who led North Korea at the time.
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Asked about the possibility that Kim Jong Un's brother – Kim Jong Chol – could take control, Thae told Reuters it was very unlikely.
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Ah-In Yoo stars as Jong-su, the quiet, ineffectual young man obsessed with his former classmade Hae-mi (Jong-seo Jeon).
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Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un learned lessons from the U.S. toppling other evil tyrants — like Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gadhafi.
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Together with Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong, Kim Yong Chol has been regularly photographed by the North Korean leader's side.
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That was followed by a documentary on the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il -- Kim Jong Un's father -- and propaganda songs.
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Kim Jong Un's younger sister and right-hand woman, Kim Yo Jong, is a mysterious figure whose life has piqued international curiosity.
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After two love ins between President Trump and Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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The difference between Kim Jong Un and a radical Islamist is they want to die for their cause -- Kim Jong Un doesn't.
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Kim Jong Il choose his son Kim Jong Un to be his successor as supreme leader over two of his older sons.
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Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, was killed with a toxic nerve agent at a Malaysian airport in February.
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There are no grand images of Kim Jong-un like the ones you see of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il.
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Trump's problem in his two inconsequential meetings with Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Kim Jong Nam slaying One of two women accused of killing Kim Jong Un's half-brother was unexpectedly freed earlier this morning.
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Kim Yo Jong is believed to be the youngest of seven siblings that their father, Kim Jong Il, had with four women.
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By embalming their fathers, both Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un have saved them the indignity of being eaten by worms.
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It's unclear why Kim Jong Nam was killed, but analysts said Kim Jong Un may have seen him as a potential threat.
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His son and Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong-Il, had learned well that nuclear weapons were essential for the regime's survival.
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Kim Yo Jong, the influential younger sister of Kim Jong Un, joined that delegation this week, just days before the opening ceremony.
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North Korea denied responsibility for the death of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of the country's leader, Kim Jong-un.
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But Kim Jong-il's successor, his son Kim Jong-un, continued many of his father's policies, including the pursuit of nuclear weapons.
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Since he was also the eldest son of the late leader Kim Jong Il, he could have been seen as a potential rival to Kim Jong Un. KIM JONG UN KILLED UNCLE, HALF-BROTHER OVER &aposCHINA COUP PLOT,&apos REPORT SAYS
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North Korea Faces New American Sanctions Over Kim Jong-nam KillingThe US State Department announced the move after deciding last month that the North Korean government had Kim Jong-un's half-brother Kim Jong-nam assassinated using a chemical weapon.
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Kim Il Sung had a more gregarious and popular image than Kim Jong Un's reclusive father, Kim Jong Il. Kim Jong Un has embraced New Year addresses as a chance to outline his policies and rally the North Korean people.
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The president is expected to meet with Kim Jong Un. I&aposm trying to understand the motivation on Kim Jong Un&aposs part.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a mass indoor rally in Pyongyang to mark his late father Kim Jong Il's 75th birthday.
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He pointed out that when North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il died, his son Kim Jong-un took power and that nothing changed.
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"He has disrespected our country greatly," Trump said of Kim Jong Un. He continued: [Kim Jong Un] has said things that are horrific.
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The 93-year-old former leader said Kim Jong Un makes him more nervous than his father, the late Kim Jong-il. Why?
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The decision to appoint Kim Yo Jong — Kim Jong Un's sister — as a member of the regime's Political Bureau stirred the most curiosity.
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Kim Jong Un Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have been in an escalating game of name-calling and personal attacks.
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Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was murdered at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb.
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The Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile factory, named after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's grandmother, claims to employ 1,600 workers, primarily women.
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That view has held for 20 years, through Kim Jong-il's death in 2011 and the ascension of his son Kim Jong-un.
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A court in Malaysia is expected to rule in the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother, Kim Jong Nam.
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I have no problem with him sitting down with Kim Jong-unKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un's style of control is always one of collective surveillance that checks the power of each organization.
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Presidents from Clinton to Obama enjoyed little success as Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Kim Jong-il's youngest son, Kim Jong-un, was instead groomed to take over, which he did after his father's death in 2011.
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Kim Jong-un has accelerated his country's nuclear and missile tests since inheriting power after his father, Kim Jong-il, died in 2011.
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Ahn Jong-soon, a 70-year-old North Korean, kept asking her 100-year-old father Ahn Jong-ho, whether he recognized her.
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Kim Jong-il died in 2011, bequeathing power to his third son, Kim Jong-un, who has rapidly accelerated the North's weapons programs.
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Kim Jong Un's 'gatekeeper' Like most members of the Kim clan, little is definitively known about Kim Yo Jong beyond her official rank.
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A subsequent meeting in October with Kim Jong Un himself, which the official pointedly noted did not include Kim Jong Chol, was "excellent."
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, is in Pyeongchang and will reportedly meet with South Korea's president this week.
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Born in 1950, Choe began to forge his relationship with Kim Jong Un after being tasked in 2009 to help him prepare to succeed his father, Kim Jong Il. Choe's father had ties to Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Un's grandfather and the founding leader of North Korea, and Choe himself had a personal relationship with Kim Jong Il for decades.
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In the following years, she conducted a lot of behind-the-scenes work for her father, Kim Jong Il, and brother Kim Jong Un. She played a particularly significant role in helping Kim Jong Un take over instead of his older brothers.
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The trio had been wanted for questioning in connection with the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother, Kim Jong Nam.
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Kim Jong Nam, the elder half-brother of the North's young, unpredictable leader Kim Jong Un, was killed at Kuala Lumpur's airport on Feb.
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Kim's fall from grace Kim Jong Nam was born in 1971 to former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's favored mistress Song Hye Rim.
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Xi previously visited Pyongyang in 2008, when he was China's vice president and when Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, ruled North Korea.
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Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was found dead in Malaysia, according to Malaysian police on Tuesday.
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Although Kim Yo Jong ranks diplomatically lower than Kim Yong Nam, as Kim Jong Un's sister she is considered more important in North Korea.
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Putin's last summit with a North Korean leader was in 2002 when his counterpart was Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, headed home Sunday after a whirlwind trip to the Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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The U.S. is looking into reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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President Trump has sought to negotiate with North Korean strongman Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Eleven years ago, the South's Roh Moo-hyun and the North's Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father, signed an eight-point peace agreement.
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Since Kim Il Sung's death in 1994, his son and grandson, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un, respectively, have carried on his legacy.
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That attack was instructed by Kim Jong-il, the father of Kim Jong-un, according to one of the agents, who was caught alive.
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Kim Jong-un's promotion of his younger sister, Kim Yo-jong, above right, could guarantee dynastic continuity should he unexpectedly be unable to govern.
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In November, Mr. Conway attended a "Resistance" party at the New York apartment of Molly Jong-Fast, an author and daughter of Erica Jong.
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When Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un's sister, traveled to the Olympics in February, South Korean media spotted Kim Chang-son taking her coat.
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Ms. Ko and Kim Jong-il had another son, Kim Jong-chol, who was seen at an Eric Clapton concert in London in 2015.
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It is far more toxic than nerve agent VX, which was used to murder Kim Jong-un's half-brother Kim Jong Nam in 2017.
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Ms. Lee later became the first South Korean to meet Kim Jong-un when she attended Kim Jong-il's funeral in Pyongyang in 2011.
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Kim Jong Nam was the eldest half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Malaysian authorities allege North Korean agents killed Kim Jong Nam by wiping the highly toxic VX nerve agent on his face at an airport in Kuala Lumpur on February 13.
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"Kim Jong-nam reportedly has been Beijing's favorite, which may mean one day the Chinese Communist Party may overthrow Kim Jong-un and install Kim Jong-nam," said Lee Sung-yoon, a North Korea expert at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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Analysts said if North Korea was behind the killing, Kim Jong Un may have seen his older half-brother as a potential leadership threat -- even though their father, former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, had long discounted Kim Jong Nam as a possible successor.
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MICHAEL MALICE, KIM JONG-IL BIOGRAPHER: A lot of people make fun of Kim Jong Un for his haircut, and that is actually very intentional.
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That all changed under Kim Jong Un. "Kim Jong Un has no experience in managing the country apart from resorting to pure brutality," Smith said.
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Image as a playboy Kim Jong Nam was the son of Kim Jong Il and Song Hye Rim, one of the late ruler's favored mistresses.
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"The assassination of Kim Jong Nam was an act of systematic terror ordered by Kim Jong Un," Kim Byung Kee said in a televised speech.
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Meanwhile, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un appears to have further asserted his control following this week's assassination of his half brother Kim Jong Nam.
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The woman is in Malaysian custody now for the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
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Kim Jong-un rose to power in part because Kim Jong-nam was caught entering Japan on fake passports from the Dominican Republic in 2001.
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READ: 12 things you need to know about the Trump-Kim summit Kim Jong-Un's father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il, was a noted cinephile.
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Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, and Kim Yong Nam, an influential and top North Korean official, lead the Pyongyang delegation.
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In 2017, Kim Jong Un hired assassins to kill his elder brother, Kim Jong Nam, at the Kuala Lumpur airport using a VX nerve agent.
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Their main focus is on Kim Han-sol, a surviving grandson of North Korea's previous leader King Jong Il, who is Kim Jong Un's nephew.
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Wednesday's tweet follows a Tuesday missile launch that North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Since his father's death in 2011, Kim Jong-un has repeatedly called for education in "Kim Jong-il's patriotism" and the slogan has become common.
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A beaming Im attended a meeting and lunch Moon hosted for Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, at the presidential Blue House on Saturday.
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Travel by train has been a favorite mode of transport for Kim Jong Un, and his father, Kim Jong Il, and grandfather, Kim Il Sung.
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Kim Jong-un bows his head as he arrives at Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to commemorate Kim Jong-il's 22012th birthday in February 20113.
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South Korea's spy agency believes North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the killing of his half brother, Kim Jong-nam, CNN reported early Monday.
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To: President Trump -- Kim Jong Un thinks he won the Olympics Medal count aside, Kim Jong Un views North Korea's Olympic games as a victory.
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But Kim Jong Nam, the exiled half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was killed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb. 13.
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Just before Pence's arrival, Moon's office announced he would meet with Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in Pyeongchang.
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In her first appearance on the global stage, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, had her every move closely scrutinized.
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Kim Jong Un officially derives his political legitimacy from his father and former leader, Kim Jong Il, and his grandfather and founding leader, Kim Il Sung.
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And when it comes to the assassination of his half-brother, there's no evidence that Kim Jong Nam and Kim Jong Un ever met each other.
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Government report: Nerve agent killed Kim Jong Nam Death of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother was caused by acute VX nerve agent poisoning.
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When Jong-un finally took power at age 27 after their father's death in 2011, Jong-nam was living in relative exile in Macau, said CNN.
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North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un's brother, Kim Jong-nam was maybe assassinated by a woman wearing a shirt that just had "LOL" written on it.
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The move comes ahead of celebrations on February 14 and 16 that honor the late ruler Kim Jong-il, father of current leader Kim Jong-un.
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Howard X was dressed in a Mao suit with a badge featuring the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who was Kim Jong Un's father.
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But it is being interpreted as a sign of North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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What happened Wednesday: North Korean state media announced Wednesday night that leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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North Korea's Jong Su Hyon and South Korea's Park Jong-ah held the torch together as they delivered it to the platform where the cauldron stood.
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South Korean President Kim Dae-jung met Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang in 2000 for the first inter-Korean summit.
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He and Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, were the only two officials to join the North Korean leader at the two inter-Korean summits.
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The envoy who delivered it, Kim Yong-chol, is seen as one of Kim Jong-un's closest advisers and worked for Kim Jong-il, as well.
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Kim Jong Nam was assassinated on the orders of Kim Jong Un in 2017, according to South Korea's spy agency, a claim denied by North Korea.
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Little is known about Kim Jong-chol except that he and Kim Jong-un studied in Switzerland as teenagers and that he was an avid guitarist.
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Since assuming power in 2011 after the death of his father, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un has accelerated his country's nuclear weapons and missile programs.
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Pence and his wife were spotted sitting adjacent to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, during the opening ceremony of the games.
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"By assassinating Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-un may have removed a thorn in the side, but it will further isolate his country," Mr. Cheong said.
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Kim Kwang Jin, a defector who once worked in North Korea's "royal court" economy, says that even if rumours that China had hoped to install Jong Nam if Jong Un fell from power are far-fetched, China would nonetheless have seen Jong Nam as useful leverage.
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U.S. and South Korean officials say the murder was orchestrated by the North's leader, Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, had spoken out publicly against his family's dynastic control of the isolated, nuclear-armed nation.
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Authorities won't appeal verdict in A$AP Rocky case White House clarifies Melania Trump hasn't met Kim Jong Un after Trump comment MORE has not met North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnThe Hill's Morning Report - Is this a turning point in 85033 Dem presidential primary?
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We talked to the family of Kim Jong Nam's accused assassin We talked to the family of Kim Jong Nam's accused assassin The two women accused of assassinating the estranged half brother of North Korea's Kim Jong Un appeared in court in Malaysia Tuesday wearing bulletproof vests.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police said on Saturday they had arrested a North Korean man in connection with the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The man was identified as Ri Jong Chol, born in 1970.
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Jong-Fast tweeted screenshots Thursday afternoon depicting a lengthy, mostly one-sided conversation between Jong-Fast's mother, fellow author Erica Jong, regarding her daughter's response to a now-deleted tweet from Williamson that argued the "power of the mind" was responsible for Dorian not doing more damage.
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Over the weekend, Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of leader Kim Jong Un visited Seoul and met with President Moon Jae-in, a historic first by any member of the ruling Kim family and the most significant diplomatic development in the Kim Jong Un era.
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A second, similarly sized likeness of Kim Jong-il, Kim Il-sung's son and successor, was added beside the original in 153 after Kim Jong-il's death.
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Early last week, in an airport in Kuala Lumpur, two women approached Kim Jong Nam—estranged half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un—from behind.
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Early years Kim Jong Nam was born in 1971, the result of an affair between Kim Jong Il and North Korean actress Song Hye-rim, said Madden.
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Kim Jong Nam (pictured), half brother of Kim Jong Il, North Korea's leader, was recently murdered by having VX smeared on his face at Kuala Lumpur airport.
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The data collected spans decades – not just Kim Jong Un's current bloody reign, but that of his father Kim Jong Il, the former Supreme Leader, as well.
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"Like Ri Su Yong who took orders from Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un, Ri Yong Ho won't have much say in foreign policies," he said.
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South Korean and U.S. officials have said they believe North Korean agents assassinated Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of Kim Jong Un, on Feb. 13.
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The eldest son of Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Nam was hidden from public view for years because his father and actress mother were not legally married.
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February 9, 2018 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, along with a North Korean delegation, attends the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
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Bolton said that the possibility of a summit between Abe and North Korea's Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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"(Kim Jong Un) showed much interest during the show and asked questions about the songs and lyrics," Culture Minister Do Jong-whan told reporters after the show.
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Named as Kim Jong Sik and Ri Pyong-chol, the pair have often been photographed standing next to leader Kim Jong Un during high-profile missile tests.
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Kim Jong Un's 'mystery train' tour: Additional venues may be scheduled Kim Jong Un remains an enigma, but the hermit king's profile is starting to fill out.
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Coats responded to some important questions on Kim Jong Un's motivations, sharing the intelligence community's assessment that Kim Jong Un will not give up his nuclear weapons.
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Trump and Kim Jong Un The White House announced earlier this month that Trump had accepted an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to meet.
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Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, met then-president Jiang Zemin in China in 2000 before a summit between the two Koreas in June that year.
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The Rocket Man: North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Few leaders have drawn more of Trump's attention -- and scorn -- than Kim Jong Un of North Korea.
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The intra-Korean talks led to a high-level North Korean delegation headed by Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, attending the Olympics.
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North Korea sent a large delegation of athletes, coaches, support staff and cheerleaders to the Games, including North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong.
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Kim Jong Un's half brother assassinated by women with poison needles, reports say Kim Jong Un's half brother assassinated by women with poison needles, reports say The estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been killed in Malaysia, according to South Korean security sources.
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The Chemical That Killed Kim Jong-un&aposs Half-Brother Is HorrifyingKim Jong-nam, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother, was assassinated last week by a nerve …Read more ReadAnyway, Pruitt calls this a return to sound science-based decision making, according to the New York Times.
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"I think we are left either with the possibility of it being Kim Jong Un or Kim Yo Jong," Michael Madden, an expert in North Korean leadership said earlier Tuesday, Kim Yo Jong is Kim's sister and the head of the Korean Workers' Party's Propaganda and Agitation department.
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" He said that he had never met his grandfather, North Korea's former leader Kim Jong Il, or his uncle, Kim Jong Un, whom he described as a "dictator.
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"The assassination of Kim Jong Nam was an act of systematic terror ordered by Kim Jong Un," South Korean lawmaker Kim Byung-kee said in a televised address.
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"The assassination of Kim Jong Nam was an act of systematic terror ordered by Kim Jong Un," South Korean lawmaker Kim Byung-kee said in a televised address.
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China should be more worried than the U.S. about this week's murder of Kim Jong Un's half brother Kim Jong Nam and a missile test, some analysts say.
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She was the youngest of three children, with Kim Jong-un the middle, and eldest Kim Jong-chol, who does not appear to be closely involved in politics.
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And since taking over from Kim Jong Il in 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pursued twin ambitions -- his "Byongjin" policy of nuclear and economic development.
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That first summit, a generation ago, brought Kim Jong Un's late father, Kim Jong Il, face-to-face with the South's doveish dissident-turned-president, Kim Dae Jung.
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Since then, the country's founder, President Kim Il-sung, his son, General Kim Jong-Il, and grandson, Marshal Kim Jong-un, have all dialed up the anti-U.
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The assassination of Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-un's brother, in Malaysia pushed Trump to take a closer look at putting North Korea on the list, Tillerson said.
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The first few days of the Olympic games have been marked by overwhelmingly positive media coverage of North Korea — namely of Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong.
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At their first game on Saturday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong were both in attendance.
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In addition to Jung, Big Bang's Seungri, F.T. Island band member Choi Jong-hoon, Highlight singer Yong Jun-hyung, and CNBlue's Lee Jong-hyun are currently under investigation.
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China backed the oldest, Jong Un's half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, whom it knew well from his days of dissolution in the casinos and massage parlours of Macau.
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Seoul (CNN)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong was promoted Saturday at a key meeting of the country's ruling party, state media reported.
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"Since her brother's accession to the supreme leadership of (North Korea), Kim Yo Jong has been routinely observed attending Kim Jong Un's public appearances," NK Leadership Watch said.
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Not only has he expressed admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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A prominent South Korean newspaper in an editorial Wednesday said that North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Abe supports Trump administration efforts to explore bilateral diplomacy with Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnThe Hill's Morning Report - Is this a turning point in 85033 Dem presidential primary?
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"Peace is all well and good but those organizations extolling Kim Jong Un are going way too far," said Kim Jong-hoon, a 27-year-old IT worker.
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Kim Yo-jong, the sister of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, was also in attendance, together with the North's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam.
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Kim Jong-il's second-oldest son, Kim Jong-chol, was last spotted at an Eric Clapton concert in London in 2015, but little else is known about him.
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North Korea, he said, starved and tortured its people, and had ordered the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of its tyrannical ruler, Kim Jong-un.
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It was during the Obama administration that Kim Jong-un, a grandson of the country's founder, was named leader after the death of his father, Kim Jong-il.
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The latest and one of the most dominant examples is the fawning coverage of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong at the winter Olympics.
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HONG KONG — After Kim Jong-un's half brother, Kim Jong-nam, was killed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, South Korean officials were quick to blame the North Korean leader.
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The announcement came as South Korea publicly accused North Korea of responsibility for killing Kim Jong-nam, the estranged elder brother of Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader.
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A South Korean government official said the murder of Kim Jong-nam — the eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il — involved poison, Bloomberg Politics reported.
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Ri is best remembered outside North Korea for her emotional deliveries of the deaths of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather.
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Here's a run-down of where the investigation stands: Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of former leader Kim Jong Il, was poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport Feb.
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Kim Jong Nam didn't believe his half brother had the ability to lead North Korea properly, according to Yoji Gomi, author of the 2012 book "My Father, Kim Jong Il, and Me." But he never actually met Kim Jong Un due to the North Korean practice of raising potential successors separately.
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The problem is that we know historically going back to Kim Jong-un&aposs grandfather, Bill Clinton and Kim Jong-un -- Kim Jong-il in 1994, these people lie, they&aposre deceitful, they&aposll take the concessions, they&aposll keep them in their pocket and then they won&apost deliver.
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The outbreak in South Korea has sparked Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnBloomberg says he agrees with Trump policies on China, North Korea North Korea launches two short-range missiles into sea Kim Jong Un warns of 'serious consequences' if coronavirus hits North Korea MORE, North Korea's leader, to address the matter.
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Pence also said Pyongyang's alleged human rights violations factored into his decision to ignore Kim Yo Jong, citing the country's political prisons -- where it's estimated about 100,000 people are incarcerated -- the execution of Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong Un's uncle, and the killing of the leader's half brother, Kim Jong Nam.
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China supported Kim Jong-nam financially for many years because if Kim Jong-un died, North Koreans, indoctrinated to venerate the Kim family, would look to Kim Jong-nam to step in as leader, according to Kang Chunnu, 51, a distant relative of the Kim family who lives in Britain.
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"Don't be surprised if Kim Yo Jong [Kim Jong Un's sister] visits Washington first as a softer reincarnation of Vice Marshal Jo Myong Rok, the highest military man next to Kim Jong Il, who visited Bill Clinton in October 2000 and lured Clinton to visit his boss in Pyongyang, " Yoon said.
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In February, North Korean agents were accused of murdering the exiled half-brother of Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Nam, who was widely considered to be under China's protection.
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Relations between Malaysia and North Korea have deteriorated since the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on February 13.
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Pence was widely seen as having been outplayed by a "charm offensive" by the North Korean delegation, which included North Korea leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong.
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Nancy Pelosi says he&aposs not prepared to meet with Kim Jong-un, and who is the other one who said Kim Jong-un is going to outsmart him.
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According to Yoji Gomi, the author of My Father, Kim Jong Il, and Me – a book about Jong-nam – though, there was never a relationship between the two brothers.
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The reports of Kim Jong Nam's links to the CIA emerged on the one-year anniversary of the first summit between Kim Jong Un and President Trump in Singapore.
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Kim Jong Nam had criticized the regime of his family and his half-brother Kim Jong Un. Reporting by Hanoi bureau; Writing by Matthew Tostevin; Editing by Nick Macfie
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In March, a North Korean defector filled balloons with information about the murder of Kim Jong Un's half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, before floating them into the rogue state.
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Official North Korean narratives have claimed Mount Paektu as the "sacred mountain of revolution" and assert that Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, was born on its slopes.
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In the coming weeks, Kim Jong Un may send Kim Yo Jong, his dear sister and Royal Censor, to Washington to further soften up Trump and seal the deal.
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" Trump wrote, referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the "Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.
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Pompeo-Kim Jong Un meeting CIA Director Mike Pompeo made a secret trip to North Korea a few weeks ago and met with Kim Jong Un, sources tell CNN.
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Putin also told Trump about the results of his April meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Meanwhile, in North Korea, we continue to puzzle the world by bending over backwards for Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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By Matt Rivers North Korea's Kim Jong Un -- UP On January 1, Kim Jong Un declared North Korea was in the final stages of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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And in March, they accused the U.S. and the South of murdering Kim Jong-un's estranged half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, despite evidence putting the blame clearly on Pyongyang.
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At a recent celebration for North Korea's 288th anniversary, his face was depicted in the same style as portraits of Kim Jong-un and his father, Kim Jong-il.
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Dear Leader Kim Jong-un knows this to be a Russo-American conspiracy to ridicule the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-un's haircut, and his honored sibling.
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Ever since Kim Jong-nam, the eldest brother of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, was first reported assassinated, the South Korean government has held the North responsible.
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Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of the leader and a key propaganda official, was seen preparing officials for Moon's arrival and accompanying Kim Jong Un and his wife.
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There's reportedly a "good chance" Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, will invite South Korean President Moon Jae-in to visit the North.
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When the North's then-leader, Kim Jong-il, died in 2011, Ms. Lee returned to Pyongyang for his funeral, where she met Kim Jong-un, his son and successor.
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Kim Jong Nam was living in exile in Macau before the killing, having fled his homeland after his half-brother Kim Jong Un became North Korea's leader in 2011.
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Kim Jong Hun was reportedly punished for "betraying" Kim Jong Un, rumored to be forced to do hard labor and stripped of membership from the ruling Workers' Party as punishment.
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His diplomacy by Twitter, with respect to Kim Jong Un, is playing right into Kim Jong Un's hands, and creating a very dangerous situation for the region and for us.
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Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, had spoken out publicly against his family's dynastic control of the isolated, nuclear-armed nation.
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Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, had spoken out publicly against his family's dynastic control of isolated, nuclear-armed North Korea.
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Next Thursday marks what would have been the 75th birthday of the notoriously autocratic late leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il, father of its current leader, Kim Jong-un.
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A program that was begun under Kim Il Sung and continued under Kim Jong Il, is now viewed by Kim Jong Un as the sole guarantee of his regime's longevity.
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Trump on Monday again praised Putin, as well as North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnThe Hill's Morning Report - Is this a turning point in 2020 Dem presidential primary?
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Kim Jong-il's first son — Mr. Kim's half brother — Kim Jong-nam, was assassinated in February at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, using a rare nerve agent banned by international treaty.
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Much like his latter-day counterpart would 18 years later, the envoy delivered a personal letter from the country's leader, then Kim Jong-il, the father of Kim Jong-un.
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Earlier this month, Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, attended the Games' opening ceremony and met with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea.
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Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, was sitting at the opening ceremony closely behind Vice President Mike Pence, who led the American delegation.
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Relations between Malaysia and North Korea have deteriorated since the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of Kim Jong-un, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in February.
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Kim Kyong Hui is the sister of former North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, and took a leading role during the first years of current leader Kim Jong Un's rule.
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After a basketball game, for example, Kim Jong-chol would leave the court immediately but Kim Jong-un would linger and gather his teammates for postgame analysis, the chef wrote.
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But there will be no avoiding the flashing lights when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, heads to the Olympics in South Korea this month.
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As control of the regime passed from Kim Il-sung to Kim Jong-il to Kim Jong-un, my assessment of the threat posed by the Hermit Kingdom never changed.
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The coal suspension also followed the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, on Monday at an airport in Malaysia.
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Trump also addressed the comparisons made between her and Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying she didn't think it was a fair comparison.
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Kim was the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. His half brother, Kim Jong Un, became North Korean leader when their father died in 2011.
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She and Huong had been accused of poisoning Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with liquid VX at Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017.
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In 2010, as Kim Jong-un was being groomed to become leader, Kim Jong-nam told TV Asahi he opposed his father's decision to pass leadership onto a third generation.
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Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, died in a Malaysian airport on February 13 after two women rubbed a poison on his face.
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Pence was scheduled to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong and to Kim Yong Nam, North Korea's ceremonial head of state, on February 10.
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And then there was the awkward cold shoulder he gave Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong during the Olympic opening ceremonies — despite the meeting scheduled for the next morning.
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"However, just as Kim Jong-il's multiple trips to China didn't usher in 'China-style' changes, we doubt that a few days in Hanoi will convince Kim Jong-un that the possible benefits outweigh the risks to his dynasty," he said, referring to Kim Jong Un's father, the second leader of North Korea.
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According to Anna Fifield's biography of Kim Jong Un,"The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un," Kim Jong Un, who went by Pak Un at the time, didn't dress like most teenagers, which made him a bit of an outcast at his Bern-area high school.
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Ten days after Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was killed at a Malaysian airport, we still don't know who murdered him — or why.
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Malaysian police say a third person has been arrested in connection with the apparent assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, the Associated Press reports.
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Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong accompanied her brother to the historic summit in Singapore, but in separate flights amid security concerns by the secretive regime, according to multiple reports.
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When he met Kim Jong-un, the only reason he met him is I think, Kim Jong-un believes that military force will be used by Trump if he had to.
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Vice President Mike Pence, North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong attend the opening ceremony Feb. 225.
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Here now, Marc Theissen, American Enterprise Institute Scholar and Fox News Contributor; and Michael Malice, Author of "Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong-il", Kim Jong Un&aposs father.
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Image 1 of 2 Siti Aisyah, 25, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, are accused of carrying out an assassination on Kim Jong Un's half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, in February. (AP)
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Trump Cites 'Bigger... More Powerful' Nuclear Button Than Kim Jong-unThe president has responded to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's claim that he has a nuclear button on his desk.
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On Friday, Malaysian authorities announced that VX, the "deadliest nerve agent ever created", was used to assassinate Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's current leader, Kim Jong-un.
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Initially, North Korea watchers expected Kim Jong Il's eldest son, Kim Jong Nam, to succeed him, but he was sidelined after his father left his mother for Ko in the 1970s.
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Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un's sister, also appeared in state media photos on Tuesday, sitting next to the North Korean leader and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, at an event.
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Kuala Lumpur (CNN)Two young women pleaded not guilty in a Malaysian court Monday morning charged with the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother, Kim Jong Nam.
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During the two summits between the US and North Korea, Kim Yo Jong was front and center during the historic show of diplomacy between Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.
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Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was killed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport last week while preparing to board a flight to Macau.
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In February 2011, South Korean TV station KBS showed a woman it identified as Kim Yo Jong and her other brother, Kim Jong Chol, enjoying an Eric Clapton concert in Singapore.
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On Thursday the hermit kingdom was busy celebrating the 75th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Nam's father, Kim Jong Il, with almost everyone oblivious to news of the assassination.
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After Kim Kyong-hui disappeared from public view, Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong, and his wife, Ri Sol-ju, replaced her as the main female face of the family.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea welcomed an upcoming visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, for the Winter Olympics, Seoul's presidential Blue House said on Wednesday.
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Cheong Seong-chang, a longtime researcher on the Kim family, said that the killing of Kim Jong-nam could have been carried out only on the orders of Kim Jong-un.
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Kim, who is the ceremonial head of state, will be accompanied by Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and numerous other high-ranking officials.
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The defendant, Doan Thi Huong, 30, was one of two women who smeared VX nerve agent on the face of Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-un's elder brother, in February 2017.
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Kim Jong Nam was the eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. He had been living with his family in the Chinese territory of Macau before his death.
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" "You're defending now Kim Jong Un's human rights records.
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The move comes as an investigation is underway into last month's death of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Malaysian police say Kim Jong Nam was killed February 13 when he was smeared with a deadly VX nerve agent while waiting at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
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But with Ko's plan in motion to have her son ascend to the top of the regime, Pyongyang was already putting out statements to praise the little-known Kim Jong Un. In December 2011, after Kim Jong Il died of a massive heart attack, it became clear Kim Jong Un would be his successor.
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Cover image: Photo taken on May 10, 2016, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, watching a parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang.
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The years since Kim Jong Un took power following his father Kim Jong Il's death of a heart attack in late 2011 have been turbulent, marked by high-level purges and executions.
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"Under Kim Jong Un, what we have seen from 2012 to 2015 was very similar to what happened from 1994 to 1998 as Kim Jong Il took the formal reigns of power".
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And then he could play the next administration, which his grandfather, Kim Il- Sung, and then Kim Jong Il and then Kim Jong-un... CAVUTO: How likely do you think that is?
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But author Yoji Gomi, who wrote a book in 2012 called "My Father, Kim Jong Il, and Me" said Kim Jong Nam thought his younger brother wasn't fit to run the country.
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This did not stop Kim Jong Nam openly criticizing his sibling, saying that Kim Jong Un was too weak to maintain control over the country and was a puppet for regime elders.
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The ceremony was also attended by North Korean ceremonial leader Kim Yong Nam and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, as well as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.
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Yesterday, President Trump referred to Kim Jong-un as "this gentleman" twice, and seemed to be confused about the fact that President Bill Clinton was dealing with his father, Kim Jong-il.
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Kim Jong Nam, the estranged older half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was killed in an apparent assassination on Monday at Kuala Lumpur international airport in the Malaysian capital.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet with Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, and other North Korean officials during a luncheon on Saturday in Pyeongchang, the Associated Press reports.
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Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of Kim Jong Un, was killed last month in Kuala Lumpur using a highly toxic chemical weapon, sparking a diplomatic spat between the two countries.
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But the president has put a premium on his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnThe Hill's Morning Report - Is this a turning point in 2020 Dem presidential primary?
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Scholars, business leaders and national security personnel alike often ask the question about leaders such as North Korea's Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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The president has repeatedly expressed confidence in his ability to reach a denuclearization deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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The president has repeatedly expressed confidence in his ability to reach a denuclearization deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Inside North Korea, with the help of his adopted Korean father Lee Jong-un, a prominent politician, De Benos began making contacts in the government (he claims to know Kim Jong-un).
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The trip's significance was underscored by the revelation on Wednesday that the delegation would include Kim Yo-jong, the only sister and a trusted aide of Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader.
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The prognosis for the four now held appears to be worsening under Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader who took over after his father, Kim Jong-il, died in December 2011.
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North Korea's current dictator, Kim Jong Un, is the youngest son of Kim Jong Il. The Hermit Kingdom has been defined and shaped by a cult of personality surrounding its ruling family.
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Their games have become a political showcase as well, with the first attended by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong.
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In photos of Kim Jong Un at Mt. Paektu, the legendary location of Kim Il Sung's fight against Japanese forces, Kim Jong Un's wife Ri Su Jol wears a rather casual look.
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Mr. Jang, the husband of Kim Jong-il's sister who at one time was treated as a regent for the young Kim Jong-un, was accused of plotting to overthrow the regime.
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Putin held a summit in 2002 with Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il, who also met in 2011 with Dmitry Medvedev, the Putin lieutenant who was then Russian president.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE called North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnBloomberg says he agrees with Trump policies on China, North Korea North Korea launches two short-range missiles into sea Kim Jong Un warns of 'serious consequences' if coronavirus hits North Korea MORE is spearheading efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the isolated country, Reuters reported Friday.
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President Trump sent a birthday message to North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnOvernight Defense: Foreign policy takes center stage at Democratic debate | House delivers impeachment articles to Senate | Dems vow to force new vote on Trump's border wall Sanders on Kim Jong Un threatening Biden: 'But other than that, you like him' Trump and Obama equally admired?
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Trump's fantasy of a one-on-one meeting like Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnOvernight Defense: Foreign policy takes center stage at Democratic debate | House delivers impeachment articles to Senate | Dems vow to force new vote on Trump's border wall Sanders on Kim Jong Un threatening Biden: 'But other than that, you like him' Trump and Obama equally admired?
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NORTHKOREA-ANNIVERSARY/ Kim Jong Un makes first public appearance in 22 days amid virus outbreak SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 22 days amid an outbreak of coronavirus, state media reported on Saturday, to visit a national mausoleum and mark the anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong Il's birth.
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Maybe Kim Jong-un&aposs sister is coming here and we traded Kanye and Rodman in the first round pick for Kim Jong-un&aposs sister since as you remember, everybody loved her.
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Suh was one of two officials Moon picked to join his first official dialogue with Kim Jong Un, who himself was joined by his younger sister Kim Yo Jong, and Kim Yong Chol.
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That embarrassing incident is widely believed to have been the reason that his father Kim Jong Il decided against him and in favor of his younger son, Kim Jong Un, as his heir.
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South Korea's spy agency said Kim Jong Nam wrote a letter to Kim Jong Un in 2012 asking that the lives of him and his family be spared, one of the lawmakers said.
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Assuming the Clinton peace deal Trump is referring to is the Agreed Framework deal of 1994, that agreement was signed by Clinton and Kim Jong-il, Jong-un's father, who died in 2011.
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It wasn't immediately clear what the "false reports" were, but they appeared to be unrelated to the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of Kim Jong Un, two weeks ago.
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Talking to North Korea's Kim Jong Un Even Obama, who was willing to engage historic US enemies like Iran and Cuba, has balked at speaking to North Korea's unpredictable leader, Kim Jong-un.
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN)Ri Jong Chol, the North Korean man held in connection with the death of Kim Jong Nam, left Sepang Police district headquarters in Malaysia Friday under heavy police escort.
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Malaysian police said Wednesday they have arrested one of the two women suspected of killing Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, who was killed Monday.
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But Moon declined to comment on whether he would accept an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, to attend a summit aimed at bettering North-South relations.
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Not until the rule of his son, Kim Jong Il, did North Korea enter the fraternity of states that possess nuclear weapons, a status that his son, Kim Jong Un, has only cemented.
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It is thought to be 10 times more toxic than VX -- the nerve agent used in the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's brother Kim Jong-nam -- and is very persistent.
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The U.S. envoy to North Korea officially reaffirmed the Trump administration's desire for future talks with the country's leader, Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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"If Kim Jong Un reverses his commitments ... then what the president said about Justin Trudeau will be repeated 10-fold about Kim Jong Un," Cotton told the Hugh Hewitt syndicated radio talk show.
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Kim Jong-un's practical side: Town thinks Kim Jong-un is trying not to put all his eggs in one basket by talking with more than one world leader all of a sudden.
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"Kim Jong-un's desire to develop his country's economy is as strong as, and even stronger than, his desire for nuclear weapons," said Lee Jong-seok, a former unification minister of South Korea.
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He was also a bodyguard to Kim Jong Il, the former leader and late father of Kim Jong Un, according to North Korea Leadership Watch, an affiliate of the 38 North think tank.
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They had been accused of poisoning Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with liquid VX, a banned chemical weapon, at Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017.
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However, it seems that a great opportunity was missed when Vice President Mike Pence failed to acknowledge and shake hands with Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un.
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North Korea: Kim Yo-jong, the sister of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, delivered a condolence letter to South Korean officials on Wednesday after the death of a former first lady.
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In 2010, Kim Jong-il, frail from a 2008 stroke, asked Mr. Hu to visit Pyongyang again so he could introduce his son Kim Jong-un, who had just debuted as heir apparent.
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After Kim Jong-il died, the couple further strengthened their power as they helped Kim Jong-un engineer purges of top officials to establish himself as supreme leader and continue the family dynasty.
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Since Kim Jong Un came to power in 2011, succeeding his father Kim Jong Il, the North Korean leader has sent increasingly threatening signals to the US by developing and testing nuclear weapons.
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Kim Yo Jong, the only sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was in Pyeongchang on Friday for a three-day visit to the South to kick off the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was killed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport last week while he was preparing to board a flight to Macau.
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"This is not a calculated action to remove Kim Jong-nam because he was a challenge to power per se, but rather reflected Kim Jong-un's paranoia," Mr. Lee was quoted as saying.
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He was set to meet with Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as well as the nominal head of state of the regime, Kim Yong Nam.
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When Kim Jong Il died of a heart attack on December 17, 2011, the young Kim Jong Un inherited the world's fourth-largest military, a nuclear arsenal, and absolute control over North Korea.
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Kim Jong Nam was not visible at his father's funeral.
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I have the same suit Kim Jong Un is wearing.
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Kim Jong Un saying, rather unkind things about President Trump.
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Kim Jong Un declared that they've achieved nuclear weapon status.
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Dennis de Jong, managing director at online currency broker UFX.
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" And then, "I hope Kim Jong Un eats Donald Trump.
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RELATED: Is Kim Jong Un 'the world's most dangerous man'?
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WILLIAMS: Of those talks with Kim Jong Un. GUTFELD: Right.
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Kim Jong Un has halted all of his missile tests.
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How about -- we know Kim Jong-Un has pushed buttons.
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There are many questions swirling around Kim Jong Nam's death.
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Miscalculation with Kim Jong Un could kill millions in hours.
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President Trump and Kim Jong Un during the Singapore summit.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.
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Also, good meeting with Kim Jong Un. Date & Place set.
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A single meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un?
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Chung met Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang earlier this week.
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"Typically tennis balls are very, very safe," de Jong says.
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Are you talking about getting rid of Kim Jong Un?
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He crosses the DMZ, Kim Jong Un. Hostages are released.
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"Kim Jong Il was a film fanatic himself," says Fischer.
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"The insecurity was surely something that Kim Jong Un inherited."
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Kim Jong Nam died on the way to the hospital.
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Kim Jong Un was photographed with a cig in hand.
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Kim Jong Un with a very small mouth is unsettling.
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Kim Jong Un visits the Pyongyang Hosiery Factory in 2014.
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"Journalist: "This is Kim Jong Un calling for Donald Trump.
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They wanted Kim Jong Un to humiliate and embarrass Trump.
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North Korea Kim Jong Un's dad was a movie fanatic.
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The rocket scientist in the trio is Kim Jong Sik.
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Jang was executed on Kim Jong Un's orders in 2013.
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Russia may even seek closer ties with Kim Jong un.
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Kim Jong Un&aposs bizarre North Korea propaganda photos revealed .
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Trump and Kim Jong Un (impersonators) meet at the Olympics!
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They are all Kim Jong Un and North Korea's slaves.
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Here is what Kim Jong Un's inner circle looks like.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is having a blast.
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And where in this topography would Kim Jong Un fit?
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North Korea Kim Jong Un is on the move again.
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Take his feud with Kim Jong Un of North Korea.
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Called North Korea's Kim Jong Un "short and fat" 13.
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Kim Jong Un is evil, but he is not stupid.
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"I've never heard of Jong Song Hwa," he told Reuters.
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Kim Jong Un is racking up stamps in his passport.
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Kim Jong Un's regime is perhaps the largest operator today.
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In short, Kim Jong Un played Trump like a fiddle.
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Kim Jong Un calls Trump a mentally deranged U.S. dotard.
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Friday was also North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's birthday.
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It's possible Kim Jong Un has already begun doing that.
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"This is reality, not a threat," Kim Jong Un said.
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The threat from Kim Jong Un's nuclear weapons is existential.
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"Kim Jong Un's got some cool clothes," Madden told Insider.
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Kim Jong Un will never give up his nuclear program.
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" He said "you've got to give [Kim Jong Un] credit.
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The invitation was delivered by Kim Yo Jong, Kim's sister.
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Kim Jong Un has a theme song known as "Footsteps."
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But leader Kim Jong Un did on three separate occasions.
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It has a headquarters — Kim Jong Un has visited them.
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Do you now see Kim Jong Un as an equal?
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Take when Trump sat with Kim Jong Un in June.
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This is pretty new what Kim Jong Un is doing.
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Follow this: Three North Korean nationals wanted for questioning in the murder of Kim Jong Un's half brother Kim Jong Nam are said to be hiding out in the North Korean embassy in Malaysia.
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Kim Jong Nam was the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He died last Monday after a suspected poisoning while trying to catch a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Macau.
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The house that Kim Jong Nam grew up, a residence in the Worker's Party headquarters, was demolished in 2009 or 2010, and is now is the site of the Kim Jong Un's official residence.
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In 2017, for example, Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, was assassinated in the Kuala Lumpur airport by two women who allegedly smeared VX on his face.
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Two women allegedly used the odorless and tasteless nerve agent to attack Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, at Kuala Lumpur airport almost two weeks ago.
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In 2000, late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, father of Kim Jong Un, sent two Pungsan dogs to then-South Korean president Kim Dae-jung when they held the first inter-Korean summit.
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If the idea of an bonkers assassination plot rings a bell, that's probably because North Korea was implicated in the murder of Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, back in February.
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His call came amid an international furor over the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and critic of his rule, in Malaysia last month.
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But North Korea's state news agency turned on Jang, claiming that he sought to capitalize on the death of Kim Jong Il and challenge his son, Kim Jong Un, to claim power for himself.
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" Kim Jong Un's sister is stealing the show at the Winter Olympics (CNN) "If 'diplomatic dance' were an event at the Winter Olympics, Kim Jong Un's younger sister would be favored to win gold.
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Her promotion indicates the 28-year-old has become a replacement for Kim Jong Un's aunt, Kim Kyong Hee, who had been a key decision maker when former leader Kim Jong Il was alive.
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Since inheriting power from his father, Kim Jong-il, in late 2011, Kim Jong-un has called for accelerating the North's pursuit of long-range missiles and nuclear weapons in defiance of international pressure.
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In public, Kim Yo Jong appears to have greater freedom than other top government officials in North Korea, occasionally appearing in photographs unaccompanied, rather than constantly being in the presence of Kim Jong Un.
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At midnight on Wednesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to mark the birthday of his father, the late leader Kim Jong Il, who died in 2011.
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US SANCTIONS KIM JONG UN: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and several of his deputies were sanctioned Wednesday by the Treasury Department for human rights abuses, the first sanctions to name Kim specifically.
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Trump caused a stir when he said during a recent trip to Japan that he agreed with North Korean dictator Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Kim Jong Un became leader in 2011 after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, and his consolidation of power has included purges and executions of top officials, South Korean officials have said.
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Two women allegedly used the odorless and tasteless nerve agent to attack Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, at Kuala Lumpur airport almost two weeks ago.
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In contrast, her sister-in-law Kim Yo Jong, who accompanied Kim Jong Un to the summit from the start on Friday, wore a grey two-piece skirt suit and modest low, black heels.
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Pence was going to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, and the nominal head of state, Kim Yong Nam, but the North Koreans called off the Feb.
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Neither skater, for instance, wore pins commonly worn by North Koreans that depict Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un's grandfather and father, who preceded him as the country's dynastic rulers.
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Kim Jong-un's older half brother, Kim Jong-nam, was killed in an airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in February last year by two women who smeared his face with a rare nerve agent.
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The 22-member government delegation, including Kim Yo-jong, the sister of Kim Jong-un, whose family has ruled North Korea since its founding seven decades ago, traveled by private plane from the North.
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Relations between the two countries ruptured after Malaysia accused the North Korean government of assassinating Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of Kim Jong-un, in a bizarre attack at Kuala Lumpur's international airport.
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North Korea's state-run media said Kim Kyong-hui, the only sister of Mr. Kim's father, Kim Jong-il, accompanied Kim Jong-un to an orchestra performance on Saturday for Lunar New Year's Day.
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Through each of Pyongyang's tests, American policy makers have harbored the hope that Beijing would come around and put real pressure on the regimes of Kim Jong-un and his father, Kim Jong-il.
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Seated just feet behind him was Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Pence was a vocal critic of North Korea in the run-up to the Olympic Games.
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Kim Jong Nam fell out of favor with their father, former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, nearly two decades ago and lived in self-imposed exile in the Chinese-controlled territory of Macau.
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Sitting in the same stadium as VIP guests will be Kim Yo Jong, 28-year-old sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and Kim Yong Nam, North Korea's nominal head of state.
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"The President is returning from Vietnam, from his meeting with Kim Jong Un. I guess it took two meetings for him to realize that Kim Jong Un is not on the level," she said.
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Kim Jong-nam's mother, Sung Hae-rim, a decorated "people's actress," was already married and the mother of a child when Kim Jong-il forced her to divorce her novelist husband to marry him.
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Guided by North Korean agents, they practiced at malls in Kuala Lumpur, then set their sights on the target: Kim Jong-nam, the estranged elder brother of North Korea's erratic leader, Kim Jong-un.
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North Korea has maintained that the man killed was Kim Chol, the name on the passport he was carrying, and not Kim Jong-nam, the estranged brother of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un.
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Kim Jong-un runs the show in North Korea, and obviously when you run the show you need some people under you to implement what you're doing, but Kim Jong-un runs the show.
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Seoul announced Wednesday that Kim Yo Jong – the youngest daughter of late leader Kim Jong Il – would make the trip, the first trip south of the border by a member of North Korea's ruling dynasty.
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He tried to bribe Kim Jong- un&aposs father, Kim Jong-il with $93 billion in energy subsidies and he told the American people, he said, this is a good deal for the American people.
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One of the King Charles Spaniels at the zoo is the former dog of Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong II, which was given to him as gift from the U.S. company Tapco in 1995.
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Her new position indicates the 28-year-old has become a replacement for Kim Jong Un's aunt, Kim Kyong Hui, who had been a key decision maker when former leader Kim Jong Il was alive.
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And just when it seemed nothing could make North Korea's international standing any worse, it assassinated the estranged older brother of leader Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Nam, at Kuala Lumpur airport, on February 13.
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These provocations, since the mid-1990s when Songun began, have often been conducted in some form of nuclear weapons work, and Kim Jong Il's son, now-leader Kim Jong Un, has carried on this tradition.
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Successive US Presidents have chafed at China's attitude towards North Korea and called on its leaders to do more to bring unpredictable leader Kim Jong-Un and his late father Kim Jong-Il to heel.
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He passed the leadership to his son, Kim Jong Il, who in turn passed it to Kim Jong Un. CNN's Brad Lendon, James Griffiths, Sol Han and journalist Jung-eun Kim contributed to this report.
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A group of Malaysian diplomats remains trapped inside North Korea following a diplomatic spat triggered by the killing of Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of supreme leader Kim Jong Un, in Kuala Lumpur last month.
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Pompeo will stay in the Paekhwawon, or 100 Flowers Garden, a prestigious guesthouse where former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun stayed during his summit with Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, in 2007.
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LEADING THE DAY WHITE HOUSE & ADMINISTRATION: Trump-Kim summit: The United States hopes to make rapid progress with North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Costs for hosting the high-level official delegation which included Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, were paid for separately from the government budget, Baik added without disclosing details.
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The plot to murder North Korea's exiled son Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of current North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un, was killed in what Malaysian authorities describe as a brazen and public assassination.
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated North Korean state security minister Jong Kyong Thaek, ideological watchdog Choe Ryong Hae and propaganda director Pak Kwang Ho under 85033 financial sanctions penalizing Kim Jong Un's regime.
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated North Korean state security minister Jong Kyong Thaek, ideological watchdog Choe Ryong Hae and propaganda director Pak Kwang Ho under 2016 financial sanctions penalizing Kim Jong Un's regime.
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The United States and North Korea are in talks to set up a third summit meeting about denuclearization between Trump and Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Chris Christie (R), who hails the president for his foreign policy work in relation to North Korea and and its leader, Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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Her last "prank" had as its target Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of Kim Jong Un. Instead of harmless baby oil, she was unknowingly given nerve agent to rub in Kim's face, killing him.
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The actress told CNN that North Korea's then leader, Kim Jong Il, the father of Kim Jong Un, confided that she was his favorite actress, and that's why he had brought her to North Korea.
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Trump and Kim Jong Un's summit in Singapore in June ended with a commitment from Kim Jong Un to "work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," but negotiations appear to have stalled since then.
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Thank you to Kim Jong Un. The repatriation of the remains comes as part of a deal struck by Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a landmark summit in Singapore last month.
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For example, last time Pompeo traveled to Pyongyang, Kim Jong Chol greeted him on the tarmac and immediately demanded that Pompeo come into the meeting with Kim Jong Un without his bodyguard and his translator.
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Malaysia has said Kim Jong-nam was killed by the nerve agent VX. Since Kim Jong-un took power five years ago, North Korea has conducted three nuclear tests and nearly 50 ballistic missile tests.
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"We have built a coalition — a diplomatic coalition has come together to put pressure on Kim Jong Un. President Trump and that pressure campaign are the reasons Kim Jong Un wants this meeting," Pompeo said.
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Costs of hosting the high-level official delegation which included Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, were paid for separately from the government budget, Baik added without disclosing details.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A man from North Korea has been arrested in the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the Malaysian police announced Saturday.
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That ban has been interpreted as punishment for the February killing in Malaysia of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, which Pyongyang has been accused of orchestrating.
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Kim Jong Un issues new threat as the U.S. begin assembling anti-missile system Kim Jong Un issues new threat as the U.S. begin assembling anti-missile system Tensions are rising on the Korean Peninsula.
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Kim Jong Nam's role as a CIA informant is mentioned in a new book about Kim Jong Un, "The Great Successor," by Washington Post reporter Anna Fifield that is due to be published on Tuesday.
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Shortly afterward, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered Bae's release.
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Kim Jong Un, he dismantled one of his nuclear testing sites.
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But first, here's what we know about Kim Jong Nam's death.
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" On North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, now 33: "He's 27.
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Kim Jong Un often visits construction sites to provide "field guidance."
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Jong said he spoke with Duran, who is excited and happy.
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He goes over to North Korea, meets with Kim Jong-un.
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North Korean Ri Jong Chol was arrested Friday in Selangor, Malaysia.
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Police have not stated Ri Jong Chol's role in the killing.
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HARF: And then, you know, very nice to Kim Jong-un.
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The employee would not say whether Kim Jong Gil worked there.
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Leader Kim Jong Un was once dismissive of domestic beauty products.
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This is the hotel that Kim Jong-un is staying at.
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WILLIAMS: Wait, he and Dennis Rodman know Kim Jong-un first?
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The summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un is on.
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Kim Jong Nam had a reputation for traveling with false documents.
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But Trump calls Kim Jong Un short, fat, little rocket man.
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Q: Do you now see Kim Jong Un as an equal?
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Befriends Kim Jong-un and becomes actually too close to him.
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So, no, Kim Jong Un isn't really relevant, nor are thongs.
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A mass dance to celebrate Kim Jong-il's birthday in 2013.
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Kim Jong Un also reportedly canceled preplanned talks with South Korea.
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Kim Jong Un wants to come to the table, then fine.
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Kim Jong Un said he was "open to dialogue" with Seoul.
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" Kim Jong-un, the dictator of North Korea: "Little Rocket Man.
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"China cannot tell Kim Jong Un what to do," Delury said.
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"Kim Jong Un is a murderous despot and habitual liar," Sen.
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So guess what Trump had to say about Kim Jong-un?
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Maybe secretly Kim Jong-Un ... wait for it ... IS SETH ROGEN!
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KOREA TENSIONS Pump up the volume: It's Kim Jong Un's birthday.
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Kim Jong Un visits the Kumkop General Foodstuff Factory for Sportspersons.
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Kim Jong Un at the newly-remodeled Pyongyang Teacher Training College.
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Today, dictator Kim Jong-un, he kept one of his promises.
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Oh, but how different that tweet looks to Kim Jong Un!
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Kim Jong Un indicated in Singapore that he shared that vision.
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Meeting Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience.
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This is going to be President Trump with Kim Jong-un.
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They are loyal to Kim Jong Un and no one else.
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And, sure enough, de Jong quickly went back to stomping dudes.
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Would Kim Jong-un accept a freeze of the nuclear program?
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Kim Jong Un is a rational actor who wants to survive.
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Paul de Jong: Yeah, that's where we had our first inventions.
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Trump urged North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to talk. on.wsj.
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Kim's sister, Kim Yo Jong, also attended the meeting on Saturday.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, 34, is a smiling dictator.
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"With Kim Jong Un, I wouldn't trust him," he told CNN.
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The regime's founder, Kim Il Sung, was Kim Jong Il's father.
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" He added: "The Kim Jong Un regime will not last long.
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Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month.
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Indeed, during their summit, Moon gave Kim Jong Un a USB
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Trump says he trusts Kim Jong Un. And if he's wrong?
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Kim Jong Il revived this ruse with success in the 2000s.
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Kim Yo Jong and Pence did not speak with each other.
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The late leader was also the father of Kim Jong Nam.
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Read on to see what Kim Jong Un's snowy ride means.
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Kim Jong Un left him empty-handed in their Hanoi meeting.
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Kim Jong Un needs to understand the consequences of his actions.
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Kim Jong Un's actions over the July 4th holiday ensured that.
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It has also not confirmed the death of Kim Jong Nam.
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Then Kim Jong Un accidentally blew up his nuclear testing site.
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Apart from her age, little is known about Kim Yo Jong.
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Not yet taking Kim's bait Kim Jong Un is getting antsy.
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His sister Kim Yo-jong attended the Winter Olympics in Seoul.
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That blame lies with the unstable communist dictator Kim Jong-Un.
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The sanctions argument: Kim Jong-un wants release from economic sanctions.
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She met with Kim Jong-il to expand the Agreed Framework.
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Trump met with Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 20.
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Remarkably, the least controversial of the three is Kim Jong-il.
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"It is wrong to negotiate with Kim Jong-un," says Cindy.
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Kim Jong Un's speech was surprisingly gentle on the United States.
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Kim Jong-il invited President Clinton to North Korea in 2000.
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North Korea's leaders — including Kim Jong Un — aren't blind to this.
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It must have been something to meet Kim Jong-un, too.
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He failed to accompany Kim Jong-un to Russia in April.
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Above, the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, with scientists in September.
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President Trump trusts Kim Jong Un but not American climate scientists.
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Trump let himself be manipulated by North Korea's Kim Jong-un.
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Why, I'm as calm as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
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Think of what Donald and Kim Jong-un could do together!
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And North Korea's current leader, Kim Jong-un, is highly unpredictable.
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I hope you all enjoy your new friend Kim Jong-un.
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One carried Mr. Kim's sister and close adviser, Kim Yo-jong.
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He was invited by Vice Media Group, not Kim Jong-un.
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"Kim Yo Jong is the perfect counterpart to this," Hwang said.
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Kim Jong Un reportedly saw his older brother as a threat.
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Kim Jong-un and Trump are the new Ross and Rachel.
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What risks does the Libya model hold for Kim Jong-un?
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"President Xi could be influencing Kim Jong-un," Mr. Trump said.
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Kim Jong-un just restarted his dance of death with America.
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"He became very ill and didn't tell me," Ms. Jong said.
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" — Erica Jong "There are opportunities even in the most difficult moments.
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Kim Yo Jong attended the Winter Olympics opening ceremony last month.
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This was Kim Jong Un's maximum pressure campaign on President Trump.
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Kim Jong-nam was said to be close to his uncle.
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Kim Jong-nam arrived in Malaysia last week, Mr. Lee said.
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But fear of dogs, like fear of flying — hello, Erica Jong!
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"Kim Jong-un's days are numbered," Mr. Thae said on Wednesday.
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Bret Stephens Imagine yourself as Kim Jong-un, North Korean despot.
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Kim Jong-un is irrational and unhinged, but so is Trump.
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The president prepares for more denuclearization talks with Kim Jong-un.
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But not everyone is buying into Kim Jong Un's charm offensive.
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Kim Jong-un wants his dictatorship and dynasty to go on.
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Kim Jong Un had tons of Jordan posters as a kid.
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The Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un summit in Singapore is over.
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Kim Jong Un may tour some economic facilities while in Vietnam.
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That's not my understanding of what leader Kim Jong Un is.
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How assassins likely killed Kim Jong Un's half brother with a weapon of mass destruction How assassins likely killed Kim Jong Un's half brother with a weapon of mass destruction Malaysian authorities said Friday that Kim Jong Un's half brother was assassinated with a nerve agent called VX, which is classified by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction.
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Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather both publicly promised not to pursue nuclear weapons, but secretly continued to develop the programs, culminating in the country's first nuclear test in 2006 under Kim Jong Il. Even after that test, Kim Jong Il insisted in a 2007 summit with his South Korean counterpart that he didn't "have the intention to own nuclear weapons".
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Rep. Joaquin CastroJoaquin CastroJuan Williams: Democrats finally hit Trump where it hurts Texas Democrats tap Joaquin Castro to deliver key address Assault weapons ban picks up steam in Congress MORE (D-Texas) in a Sunday interview said North Korea's isolation makes it impossible to know for sure if its leader, Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnCan we do business with Kim Jong Un?
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Kim Jong Nam The exiled brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the 45-year-old Kim Jong Nam was transiting through Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017 when two women approached him from behind and rubbed his face with VX nerve agent, a substance so deadly the United Nations classifies it as a weapon of mass destruction.
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This might explain why he decided to mention her while talking about his relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. "Kim Jong Un -- who I've gotten to know extremely well; the first lady has gotten to know Kim Jong Un, and I think she'd agree with me -- he is a man with a country that has tremendous potential," Trump said.
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Interpol joins hunt for North Koreans suspected of killing Kim Jong Un's half brother Interpol joins hunt for North Koreans suspected of killing Kim Jong Un's half brother Interpol issued a "red notice" Thursday for four North Koreans wanted in connection with the bizarre assassination of Kim Jong Un's half brother in Malaysia, but it probably won't do much good.
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The president and Kim Jong Un have an understanding that Kim Jong Un is not going to launch longer range, intercontinental range ballistic missiles, and so I think the president is watching this very very carefully.
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"It makes no sense for China to engage in political conspiracy against Kim Jong Un and risk the overall China-North Korea relationship," when the chance of Kim Jong Nam succeeding "is so low," he said.
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The portly and easygoing Kim Jong Nam was believed to be close to his uncle, Jang Song Thaek, who was North Korea's second most powerful man before being executed on Kim Jong Un's orders in 2013.
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Click here to view original GIFClip for a fake movie trailer made by the U.S. government for Kim Jong UnGIF: White HousePresident Trump and Kim Jong Un had a historic private meeting earlier today in Singapore.
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SEOUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, will visit South Korea to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on Friday, Seoul's Unification Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Image: Ben Mills/Wikimedia CommonsKim Jong-nam, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother, was assassinated last week by a nerve agent called VX, according to the Malaysian police as reported by the Washington Post.
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While Malaysia has not directly accused North Korea, South Korea&aposs spy agency has claimed the attack was part of a plot by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to kill his brother, Kim Jong Nam.
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Jim de Jong, owner of Restaurant De Jong in Rotterdam, aired his unhappiness about all of this in a post on Facebook, which prompted a massive response from fellow restaurant owners who all agreed with him.
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They are seated in front of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo Jong (behind Karen Pence.) The Tongan flag bearer, who quickly rose to fame during the 2016 Olympics, stole the show again.
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Ri Jong Chol, a suspect in the killing of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was taken to the immigration office wearing a bullet proof vest to prepare for his deportation.
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In Malaysia last year, North Korea assassinated Kim Jong-un's half-brother Kim Jong-nam in public at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport with a VX nerve agent, which is banned by the Chemical Weapons Convention.
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In addition to the weapons tests, leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, was assassinated with a deadly chemical weapon in Malaysia by operatives suspected to be under orders from the North Korean government.
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And there was the complicated matter of a man he purportedly never met, his half-brother Kim Jong Nam, his father's eldest son, who was passed over when Kim Jong Il came to naming a successor.
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This would be a turnabout of the tactic Washington openly considered in late 2017: launching a limited military strike to give the Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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BANGKOK — A Vietnamese woman who was the only person convicted in the bold assassination of Kim Jong-un's elder half brother, Kim Jong-nam, was released on Friday after serving 27 months in a Malaysian prison.
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The carrot: the possibility of a meeting with North Korean officials, one made even more intriguing by the simultaneous visit by Kim Yo-jong, above, the trusted sister of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.
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During the recent Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the North sent their own art troupe to accompany a delegation of athletes, a cheering squad and officials including leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong.
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Kim Kyong Hui, the only sister of Kim Jong Un's late father, Kim Jong Il, attended a Lunar New Year concert in the capital Pyongyang, North Korean state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Sunday.
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Shah Alam, Malaysia (CNN)Two women charged with murdering Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, will remain in custody as their lawyers mount a defense against the prosecution's claims.
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It's unclear why Kim Jong Nam was killed, but analysts said that if North Korea was behind the murder, perhaps Kim Jong Un saw his brother and his family as a possible threat to his leadership.
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Their responses — full of strong condemnations and recognition of grave threats — have mostly left out the fiery, nationalistic language favored by the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, and his father, Kim Jong-il, before him.
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Analysts say that Kim Jong-un may have ordered the assassination of his half brother for fear that China might try to install Kim Jong-nam as a figurehead in Pyongyang should his own regime implode.
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"President Trump remembered, and as he said well-wishing remarks about Chairman Kim Jong Un's birthday, he requested that it'd be good if President Moon can deliver that message to Chairman Kim Jong Un," Chung said.
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Pak Jong Chon, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, said North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un was also "displeased" by Donald Trump's comments at a NATO summit in Britain, according to KCNA.
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It appears to be in direct response to a personal invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivered by his sister Kim Yo Jong during her visit to the South for the Games last month.
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Seoul (CNN)There is a "good chance" Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, will invite South Korean President Moon Jae-in to visit Pyongyang "sometime this year," diplomatic sources say.
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The North Korean Olympic team and the official delegation that comprised of Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong and Kim Yong Nam, North Korea's ceremonial head of state, were closely watched everywhere they went.
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"It's just short of Kim Jong Un himself saying it ... but it's getting very close to the point where Kim Jong Un says kind of directly to Trump that I've lost faith in you," Delury said.
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"They used these Brazilian passports, which clearly show the photographs of Kim Jong Un and Kim Jong Il, to attempt to obtain visas from foreign embassies," one senior Western security source said on condition of anonymity.
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN)The body of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slain last month, was identified using a DNA sample from his son, Malaysian authorities said Thursday.
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The countries have become embroiled in a simmering row after Malaysia accused North Korea of assassinating Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of Pyongyang ruler Kim Jong Un, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb. 13.
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The announcement also comes two weeks after North Korea pulled out of a planned February 10 discussion between Vice President Mike Pence and top Pyongyang officials — including North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong.
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Her book includes Italy's Benito Mussolini and Russia's Vladimir Putin, but also Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan and North Korea's Kim Jong-il, who was succeeded after his death by his son Kim Jong-un.
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He called for an independent investigation into the killing of Kim Jong Nam, estranged half-brother of Kim Jong-un, in Malaysia last month, saying there may be a need to "protect other persons from targeted killings".
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"Kim Jong Un does not listen to any voice, and this leads us to view Kim Jong Un&aposs mental state as uncontrollable," said South Korea&aposs first female president, who did not outlast her Pyongyang counterpart.
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The nation's original "dear leader" trained his son, Kim Jong Il, for more than 20 years to take over, and Kim Jong Ill in turn spent a little over two years preparing his own son to rule.
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Things took a twist worthy of a movie plot, when, on February 14, alleged North Korean agents reportedly murdered Kim Jong Un's half brother, Kim Jong Nam, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) with VX nerve agent.
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On nevertheless trying to strike up a friendship with Kim Jong-un In November, Trump upped the stakes of his public feud with Kim Jong-un, calling the North Korean leader "short and fat" in a tweet.
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Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un and other world leaders saw what we did in Iraq and Libya and got the message loud and clear: To avoid being toppled, acquire and tighten your grip on nuclear weapons.
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North Korea on Sunday observed the seventh anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Jong Il — and the rise of current leader Kim Jong Un — with public commemorations and a verbal barrage against the United States.
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Leadership analysis might give clues Russian defense minister: 'We won't do anything' in Europe unless US places missiles there MORE, North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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The latest launch comes after Pyongyang fired a series of projectiles in the past month, which North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnThe Hill's Morning Report - Is this a turning point in 2020 Dem presidential primary?
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Kim Jong Un's half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, who had publicly spoken out against the Kim family's dynastic control, was assassinated in dramatic fashion this year, while the ruler's uncle, Jang Song Thaek, was executed in 2013.
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Yet, as Kim Jong-Il and his arguably less-sane son and successor, Kim Jong-Un, continued their march toward full nuclearization, previous American administrations tamped down their rhetoric as Trump is being urged to do now.
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An impasse Trump and Kim Jong Un's summit in Singapore in June ended with a commitment from Kim Jong Un to "work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," but negotiations appear to have stalled since then.
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In 2003, Kim Kwang-jin told me, he arranged to send Kim Jong-un's father and predecessor, Kim Jong-il, the annual quota as a birthday gift — $123 million in cash, stuffed into two heavy-duty bags.
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" Obama and Kim Jong Un Trump discussed a conversation he claimed he had with President Barack Obama about North Korea and its leader Kim Jong Un. Trump said, "And I have a good relationship with him (Kim).
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Kim Jong-il's second son, Kim Jong-chol, was seen at an Eric Clapton concert in London in 21990, but little else is known about him and it is unclear why he was passed over for succession.
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The assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the older half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, is yet another bizarre episode in a string of reality TV events that is now commonplace in our public discourse.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Two women were charged with murder in a Kuala Lumpur court on Wednesday in connection with the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.
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North Korea is sending a delegation of athletes, performers and high-ranking officials, including the country's premier and Kim Jong Un's younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, who is believed to be one of his most trusted advisers.
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Other analysts in South Korea say Kim Jong-nam fell out of the succession race after his mother, Sung Hae-rim, was rejected by the North Korean leader, who favored Kim Jong-un's mother, Ko Young-hee.
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But these feats have been overshadowed by the presence of Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, who delivered a letter from her brother to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, inviting him to Pyongyang for talks.
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Even so, Moon will have a rare opportunity to convey privately to Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, the inordinate dangers and risks that North Korea will face if it presses forward with its nuclear advancement.
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Cheollima Civil Defense, also known as Free Joseon, first went public in 2017, when it said it was protecting the family of Kim Jong Un's half brother Kim Jong Nam, who was murdered in a Malaysian airport.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is sending his younger sister Kim Yo Jong to attend the Winter Olympics in South Korea, marking the first time anyone from his immediate family will set foot in the country.
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Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il, was known to be afraid of flying, but the younger Kim has been shown in official photos getting off airplanes and even "flying" a North Korean designed aircraft.
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At the same time that Mr. Pence was in South Korea, Kim Yo-jong, the sister and special envoy of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, also visited the South as part of an Olympic delegation.
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Kim Jong Un reportedly removed three top military officials from their posts.
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We know to some degree what Kim Jong Un is looking for.
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"He called Kim Jong Un on numerous occasions to meet," Trump said.
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Whether these are priorities of Kim Jong Un and Putin is uncertain.
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They called for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to step down.
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Kim Jong-Il, on the left here, is North Korea's former dictator.
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The article, uncharacteristically for the news agency, carried a byline, Jong Phil.
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But North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is renowned for his volatility.
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"Kim Jong Un, I understand, is not like his father," Richardson said.
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Kim Yo Jong seen Monday night during the mini tour around Singapore.
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KIM JONG UN&aposS SIBLINGS: ERIC CLAPTON MEGA-FAN, POLITICIAN, SHADOWY SISTER
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Kim Yo Jong gained notoriety at the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
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You mentioned Kim Jong-un arriving earlier this afternoon here in Singapore.
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The president earlier today announcing his upcoming summit with Kim Jong-un.
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North Korea has repeatedly denied any involvement in Kim Jong Nam's murder.
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In the message, Kim Jong-un fired numerous barbs at the president.
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Extraordinary personal message from Kim Jong Un to Donald Trump on KCNA.
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Kim Jong Un rides in a W221 Mercedes-Benz S600 Pullman Guard.
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Current leader Kim Jong-un apparently loves Apple, as did his dad.
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A ~secret visit~ to China would mirror Kim Jong Il's style, too.
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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in a July 2013 file photo.
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This one isn't gonna resonate with Kim Jong-un, let's just say.
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Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping at their first meeting in March.
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But it goes back to when Kim Jong Un first took power.
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The move marked the first time Washington sanctioned Kim Jong Un personally.
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Mr Prokopchuk lost out to a South Korean candidate, Kim Jong Yang.
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And why nobody should be fooled by Kim Jong Un's relaxed appearance.
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One kindergarten is located inside the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile mill.
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Kim was accompanied by his sister, Kim Yo Jong, an important aide.
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Will Kim Jong Un back out of the meeting with President Trump?
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Seoul, South Korea (CNN)Han Jong-sun sleeps with the lights on.
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Why did Kim Jong-un call off the summit to begin with?
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Kim Jong-un came with nuclear power and economy, a strong economy.
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GUTFELD: Was Trump to call off the meeting with Kim Jong-un?
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Kim Jong Un is credited with accelerating North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
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Selflessness and sacrifice have long been a part of Jong Jin's journey.
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Kim Jong Nam was assassinated in February at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur airport.
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Doan Thi Huong visits the airport where Kim Jong Nam was murdered.
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During a meeting overnight, Kim Jong Un's sister extended the official invitation.
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BARTIROMO: Is the meeting with Kim Jong Un still on the table?
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HEGSETH: What is the thing Kim Jong-un care about the most?
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Kim Jong Un is a third-generation ruler of the impoverished nation.
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The North Koreans, Kim Jong Un included, are calculating and rational survivalists.
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Kim Jong Un took over when his father died in December 2011.
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If Kim Jong Un really pulled it off, it's a game changer.
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When Chloe turned 4, Jong Jin bought her a snowboard on eBay.
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Kim Jong Un gives field guidance to the Pyongyang Children's Foodstuff Factory.
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Kim Jong Un smiles during a visit to the Chonji Lubricant Factory.
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Kim Jong Un and wife Ri Sol Ju visit a cosmetics factory.
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un made history just by shaking hands.
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Now Kim Jong-un's call for dialogue has resurrected his original plans.
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American intelligence agencies underestimated Kim Jong-un, the New York Times reports.
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Police believe two women attacked Kim Jong Nam at about 9 a.m.
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Kim Il-Sung's grandson, Kim Jong-un, is North Korea's current leader.
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But how is leader Kim Jong Un even funding such military activity?
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Read MoreKim Jong Un stokes a world crisis: Can he handle blowback?
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However ties are under strain following the killing of Kim Jong Nam.
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Kim Jong-un has gone two months without a ballistic missile test.
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VICE News: Is Trump's meeting with Kim Jong Un a good idea?
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We haven't heard anything from Kim Jong Un that contradicts that commitment.
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In late 2011, Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, died on a train.
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Recently that included North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his administration.
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She is bisexual and married her partner Letitia de Jong in 2011.
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"It was a strike," De Jong said about the pitch to Springer.
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" Of Kim Jong Un, Trump said, "You've got to give him credit.
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De Jong: That memory of great intimacy and friendship and musical kinship.
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Six months ago, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un were trying to
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"South Korea is being played by Kim Jong Un's scheme," he argues.
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Trump and Kim Jong Un greeted one another and posed for photos.
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" "Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience.
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Trump literally and figuratively let Kim Jong Un get away with murder.
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Welcomed Chairman Kim Jong Un, who has just arrived in Singapore. pic.twitter.
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Kim Jong Nam spent nine years at an international school in Geneva.
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Which brings us to the good news: Kim Jong Un isn't crazy.
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South Korean intelligence officials say Kim Jong Un directly ordered the killing.
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" Kim Jong Un of North Korea proclaims "unwavering faith in President Trump.
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" Reporter: Why are you so comfortable calling Kim Jong Un "very talented?
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Trump is set to meet with Kim Jong Un on June 85033.
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"I won't rule out direct talks with Kim Jong-un," he said.
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North Korea Perhaps Kim Jong Un is keeping his word after all.
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Her first public appearance was in 2011 at Kim Jong Il's funeral.
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Mystery children and sibling rivalries — this is Kim Jong Un's family tree
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RHP Chase De Jong was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday.
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Kim's sister and advisor Kim Yo Jong was also on the visit.
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Fully embracing these reforms would end Kim Jong Un's rule, Thae said.
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Headlines Trump calls off summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un on.ft.
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Trump buttered up Kim Jong Un a little in a tweet yesterday.
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Harris says President Trump "got punked" by Kim Jong Un. #DemDebate pic.twitter.
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Analysts differ to what extent Kim Jong Un uses the same practice.
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"You don't want the grass to have dead patches," says de Jong.
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"Nowadays, that's the real first impression that people have," says de Jong.
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"It depends on what state the kitchen is in," says de Jong.
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"It makes the neighborhood look a little less safe," de Jong says.
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Moon also met with the sister, Kim Yo Jong, over lunch Saturday.
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Trump's praise of Kim Jong Un will be interpreted as negotiating weakness.
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"Let's arm ourselves strongly with Kim Jong-il's patriotism!" read the slogan.
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Research Associate Allison de Jong contributed to the writing of this piece.
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Lee Cook-Jong said one of the roundworms was 11 inches long.
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Kim Jong Nam's murder was remarkably public, according to North Korea analysts.
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"Kim Jong Un Sends Birthday Spreads to Veteran Scholars," reads one headline.
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" On Kim Jong-un: "[H]e does have a sense of humor.
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Trump said that he gave Kim Jong-un a "very direct" number.
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Go deeper: Kim Jong-un's intelligence file, What Kim wants from Trump.
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The couple have not seen Kim Jong-un in nearly 20 years.
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"I would say Kim Jong-un has been underestimated," Mr. Richardson said.
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To most North Korea experts, Kim Jong Un is far from erratic.
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He also coordinated Kim Jong Un's two meetings with Pompeo in Pyongyang.
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