The birthday of Kim Jong-Un, the dictator of North Korea, was celebrated by airing a documentary on the country's "supreme leader" on state television.
Stepping up efforts to ensure trouble-free transition of power in North Korea following the death of its close ally Kim Jong Il, China on Tuesday launched telephone diplomacy to highlight the need for maintaining peace and stability in the Stalinist state.
Rediff.com takes a look at the dictatorial journey of the Kims 'The Great Leader' and 'Dear Leader', and what little is known about the 'great successor'.
The Kaesong lockdown is the first such known measure taken in a North Korean city to stem the pandemic.
Rediff.com brings you some unseen pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's youngest son, Kim Jong-un, has been promoted as a military general, the clearest sign yet that he is in line to succeed his father as the country's leader.
Though the name of Kim Jong-Un was absent from a list of 687 Supreme People's Assembly deputies elected in 2009, the 27-year-old was appointed to Parliament under the pseudonym of "Kim Jong", Dong-A Ilbo newspaper quoted a Western source informed in North Korean affairs as saying.
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New images show the portly North Korean dictator looking more overweight than ever as he offers "field guidance" on a state farm.
The US president said the North Korean leader holds the opportunity to be remembered as one who ushered in a glorious new era of security and prosperity for his citizens.
The Trump administration is actively preparing for the June 12 summit between the US President and the North Korean leader.
Rediff.com shares some of the lighter moments of the North Korean autocrat.
These pictures offer a glimpse in the life of ordinary North Koreans as they prepare for the event.
'This government puts poor people behind bars, demonises women after their death, puts out the call records of deceased raped victims and robs her of her dignity.'
Trump's tweet comes after Kim Jong-un blasted the US President Donald Trump as "mentally deranged" and vowed to make him pay dearly for threatening to destroy his country.
This is the third time that the two leaders are coming face to face, the last meeting being in May at Hanoi.
This is the latest in a string of tests by North Korea in defiance of United Nations sanctions.
'In 1984, Pyongyang just had one hotel and one could not move out without an official escort.' 'India was the only country with an embassy, apart from the socialist countries.'
'North Korea could choose to go China's way by selectively opening up the economy, but Kim does not seem enthused by the idea.' 'Getting Pyongyang to give up the nuclear programme may be the best outcome Trump can hope for at the moment,' says Vikram Johri.
CNN cameras go inside the secretive nation to places few outsiders have ever seen.
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong says the country will spend 20 million dollars to host the summit.
The announcement for the summit -- the first ever between leaders of the two countries -- was made after months of tension between the two nations.
However, Kim gave no indication of Pyongyang willing to give up its nuclear weapons
Using an anti-aircraft gun in front of hundreds of people in Pyongyang
After personally overseeing the test Kim Jong-un 'said American bastards would be not very happy with this gift sent on the July 4 anniversary'.
If these reports are true, it means that it possesses something much more powerful than it has tested in the past. North Korea has run nuclear tests in the pasts, but this announcement has sent panic waves internationally.
Two of Xi Jinping's chosen officials have disappeared from view, an indication of turmoil in Xi's government, months after he installed a collection of loyalist leaders in his cabinet, observes Dr Rajaram Panda.
This was Kim's first visit abroad as North Korea's leader and came ahead of his planned summit with Donald J Trump.
The country's sixth nuclear test sparked a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake which was detected in the northeast of the country where North Korea's test site Punggye-ri is located.
Dennis Keith Rodman, who faced widespread criticism after his controversial trip to North Korea recently, has reportedly said that he would not return to the oppressive state if the American people did not want him to go.
Trump is all set to meet Kim by May.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who was missing from the public's eye has suddenly resurfaced, with state media showing him walking with a cane as he gave "field guidance" at a new apartment complex on Tuesday.
Trump and Kim had their historic first meeting in Singapore last June, wherein they agreed on denuclearisation of North Korea.
The opposition hit the roof and likened rulers of the state to Hitler, Mussolini and Kim Jong Un, though the department came out with a clarification that the controversy was stemmed from 'wrong interpretation' of a paragraph in the missive that ran into many pages.
The two leaders discussed the possible US-North Korea summit.
Tensions have dramatically risen on the Korean peninsula after North Korea early this month conducted its biggest nuclear test, which its state-run KCNA news agency described as a hydrogen bomb.
Kim said that his meeting with Moon would serve as a "historic chance" for the Korean people, who want to see the strengthening of inter-Korean relations.
In scenes replicating purges at party conferences in Pyongyang, Xi Jinping appeared to borrow from Kim Jong Un's playbook when he had Hu Jintao, his predecessor as Communist party general secretary and president of the People's Republic of China, evicted from the final session of the 20th party congress on Saturday, October 22, 2022 in full view.
The new missile could deliver 2,000 to 3,500 kilograms of payload to any point in the continental US, notes Rajaram Panda.
'Thank you to Chairman Kim Jong Un for keeping your word & starting the process of sending home the remains of our great and beloved missing fallen'
