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North Korea’s next likely leader named by South Korean spy agency

Established in 1948, North Korea has been successively ruled by male members of the Kim family

The Independent UK

North Korea and Belarus sign ‘fundamental’ treaty as Lukashenko visits Kim in Pyongyang

Analysts say trip signals Pyongyang’s deepening alignment with Russia and Belarus

The Independent UK

North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament re-elects Kim Jong Un as leader

Kim's powerful sister notably absent from newly reconstituted leadership body

The Independent UK

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The girl in the frame and an aunt in the shadows: Could North Korea get its first female supreme leader?

For most of the world, North Korea remains a sealed stage.

The Times of India

Where is Kim Ju Ae? Kim Jong-un’s daughter absent from key party congress amid succession rumours

Kim Ju Ae’s presence at the conference was hotly anticipated after South Korean intelligence briefings suggested she had entered ‘successor-designate stage’

The Independent UK

Kim Jong Un has chosen teenage daughter as his heir, says South Korea

The secretive country appears set to have a female supreme leader for the first time in its history

Evening Standard

Kim Jong Un has chosen his 13-year-old daughter as his heir to rule North Korea, spy agency says

Kim Jong Un’s teen daughter Kim Ju Ae may make appearance at upcoming Workers’ Party Congress, South Korea’s spy agency says

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Kim Jong Un's teenage daughter being positioned as successor, South Korea says

South Korea's intelligence agency believes Kim Jong Un is grooming his teenage daughter, Kim Ju Ae, as his successor, signaling a potential fourth-generation dynasty. Her increasing public appearances at key events, including military functions and a visit to a sacred mausoleum, suggest a formal designation is imminent. This marks a…

The Times of India

South Korea's spy agency says Kim Jong Un's daughter is close to be designated as future leader

South Korea’s spy agency says it believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the country’s future leader

The Independent UK

Kim’s daughter visits family mausoleum, promoting her potential status as heir in North Korea

The teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made her first known visit to a sacred family mausoleum where the embalmed bodies of her late grandfather and great-grandfather are on display

The Independent UK

North Korea’s ex-ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam dies at 97, state media says

Kim Yong-nam was the former president of the Praesidium of North Korea’s rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly from 1998 to 2019.

Euronews

How the Unification Church is linked to an investigation into South Korea's former first lady

The elderly leader of the Unification Church is the latest high-profile figure in South Korea to face an investigation in connection with criminal probes of former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife

The Independent UK

Her name and age are unconfirmed, but she could be North Korea’s next Supreme Leader

Here’s what we know about the teen believed to be called Kim Ju Ae

The Independent UK

Kim Jong Un has brought his daughter to Beijing. What to know about the possible North Korean heir

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has brought his young daughter on a significant trip to China, marking her first known overseas appearance

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China’s Victory Day military parade: Who attended and what happened?

Xi hosted Kim, Putin and other world leaders for a show of strength and a reminder of history.

The Independent UK

Kim Jong Un rides his trademark green train to China. He also has a plane, limos and white horses

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to arrive in China aboard his trademark green armored train

International Business Times

'Fortress' On Wheels: Kim Jong Un's Bulletproof Train

An olive-green North Korean train, emblazoned with a gold stripe, carried leader Kim Jong Un into China on Tuesday for a grand military parade that President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin will also attend.

The Independent UK

Inside the bulletproof train that Kim Jong Un uses for international trips

The locomotive travels only 60 kilometres (37 miles) per hour and is expected to take 20 hours to get to Beijing

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What Does North Korea's Kim Want From Rare China Trip?

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to visit China this week, a rare step beyond his country's borders, for prospective meetings with President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Euronews

Shock poll claims Romanians are nostalgic for communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu: Who was he?

A recent survey reveals 66.2% of Romanians believe Nicolae Ceaușescu was a good leader, despite his repressive regime.

The Independent UK

North Korea bars foreigners from recently unveiled ‘world class’ beach resort

North Korea halts foreigners’ access to Wonsan-Kalma tourism zone, citing temporary suspension of official tourism

The Independent UK

US flies long-range bomber plane in drill against North Korea’s nuclear threat

US flies its B-1B bombers along with South Korea’s F-15 and F-16 fighter jets days after North Korean leader’s warning

The Independent UK

Kim Shin Jo: The bizarre life of a failed North Korean assassin who became a pastor in the South

Kim stunned South Korea by saying that his team came ‘to slit the throat of Park Chung Hee’

The Independent UK

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un test-fires ‘new sniper rifle’ during training base visit

Kim inspected special forces training which he said bolstered ‘actual war capability for guaranteeing victory’

The Independent UK

What is the Unification Church and why did a Japanese court order it dissolved?

A controversial South Korean church with powerful political connections faces dissolution in Japan after a Tokyo court issued an order to revoke its legal status

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