News about Kim Jong-un

SIR Keir Starmer, never knowingly innovative, unveiled his Blair-tribute pledge card in Essex at an opera-rehearsal space. It ain't over until Emily Thornberry sings? Alas, shadow attorney general Emily was not given a slot, though she eyed the lectern hungrily. Nor did we hear from David Lammy, the Henry Kissinger de nos jours. Mr Lammy sat there looking under-loved. Purfleet railway station swarmed with men in dark suits and red ties. Starmerites dress like Gordon Brown. Soon they'll be issued with the sort of notepads and pencils North Koreans hold when craning to catch Kim Jong Un's every pearl. The pledge card is a paper effort that pulls apart, concertina-style, to reveal its important pronouncements. Its glossy outer shell carries a snapshot of the nasal knight holding in his tummy while doing a Colin-Firth-in-Kingsman pose.

The governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem, is no longer allowed to step foot on large swaths of her state after another Native American tribe banished her from its reservation in response to comments she made about tribal leaders benefiting from drug cartels. The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe on Tuesday confirmed that the tribe had voted to ban the Republican governor from its reservation in central South Dakota. It means Noem is now banned from seven of the state's nine reservations - the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe and the Yankton Sioux Tribe.

Former President Donald Trump still thinks South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is 'terrific' despite the outcry over the revelation she shot and killed her 14-month-old dog . Trump appeared Wednesday on Clay Travis and Buck Sexton's podcast and was asked about the controversy surrounding Noem's book, which also included a made-up meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem claimed she cancelled a meeting with the French President over 'anti-Israel' remarks in her controversial new book. However, a representative for Macron said there is no record of a scheduled meeting between two and denied ever inviting her for a meeting in the first place. Critics have slammed Noem's book 'No Going Back' after she shared a story about shooting her family dog and claimed to have met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un .

In City circles, most of the recent investment talk has all been about the booming UK stock market, not gold. The resurgence of gold has largely gone under the radar. Maybe it's because it is telling us something that we don't necessarily want to hear - namely that the world is becoming increasingly dangerous and that the West may at some stage in the next few years be dragged into conflicts bigger than any it has faced since the ending of the Second World War in 1945.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was all smiles as he supervised the testing of a 240-millimeter multiple rocket launcher, amid fears the country is gearing up to export arms to Russia. The new rocket launch system is the latest move by North Korea to bolster its lineup of weapons targeting South Korean population centres and will be deployed to the nation's armed forces later this year, according to state media. But South Korea military officials also suspect the tests are aimed at examining weapons North Korea plans to export to Russia, in a bid to help extend its warfighting in Ukraine.

President Joe Biden called North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un the president of South Korea at a closed-door fundraiser Portola Valley, California Friday. Biden, 81, was going after his 2024 rival, former President Donald Trump , for praising the North Korean leader after they met a handful of times during the Republican's administration.

Kim Ki Nam died on Tuesday due to old age and 'multiple organ dysfunction', having been treated at a hospital since 2022, the country's official Korean Central News Agency said. He was 94

Kim Ki Nam died on Tuesday due to old age and 'multiple organ dysfunction', having been treated at a hospital since 2022, the country's official Korean Central News Agency said. He was 94. Kim Jong Un visited the funeral hall early Wednesday morning, paid silent tribute and looked around the bier with 'bitter grief over the loss of a veteran revolutionary who had remained boundlessly loyal' to the regime, state media KCNA said. The North Korean leader was seen bowing in front of the bier as a contingent of military men in uniforms serenaded them with various musical instruments. Nam was often referred to as the Joseph Goebbels of North Korea, in reference to the Nazi propagandist-in-chief, so key was his work in entrenching the Kim family in power.

A Democrat lawmaker is getting skewered for making a 'racist' joke about South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., circulated a video of Noem on Monday writing, 'Why am I getting the feeling that she wanted to eat dog with Kim Jong Un,' before later deleting the post from X. Recently, the South Dakota Governor has caught flak for excerpts from her new book detailing how she shot and killed her dog and another saying that she met with Kim Jon Un. But Moskowitz's attempt at humor infuriated some, including Korean-American Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Calif., who called the post 'racist.' 'There is no excuse for racist stereotyping - especially by a Member of Congress,' she posted in response to Moskowitz. 'I've experienced this kind of discrimination firsthand. So have many of my constituents. It must not be tolerated.'

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem faced scrutiny on CBS's Face The Nation regarding her claim of meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a story disputed by experts. Noem deflected direct questions but admitted to editing her book after the error was pointed out. She also defended her controversial decision to shoot her unruly dog, citing the need for honesty about tough choices. Critics have questioned both her credibility and handling of the situation.

A North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on January 2, an United Nations report revealed last week. Since January, dozens of North Korean missiles have been fired by Russia into Ukraine, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 70. An investigation has since revealed that within just a matter of months North Korea managed to illicitly obtain 'vital' weapons parts, sneak them into the country, assemble their missiles and secretly ship them to Russia.Experts suspect North Korea has been supplying the weaponry in exchange for Moscow's technical assistance for Pyongyang's budding spy satellite programme.

Kim Jong Un (pictured) has joined the likes of Taylor Swift and Harry Styles to have a song go viral on the social media site TikTok. Users posting their reaction to the song or dancing along have gained thousands, if not millions, of views. With one British TikTok user, Matas Kardokas, posting a video about listening to the tune while in a coffee shop gaining more than 400,000 likes. The propaganda anthem is set to a catchy synth-pop backing track and includes lyrics such as 'Let's sing Kim Jong Un, the great leader' and 'Let's brag about Kim Jong Un, our friendly father.'

Kim Jong Un is notorious for being one of the world's most repressive leaders, his grisly execution methods - and his seemingly adoring posse of women. From having his personal and handpicked 'Pleasure Squad' of '25 tall and beautiful virgins' to owning a disturbing 'Pleasure Train'  packed with stunning 'lady conductors' the North Korean dictator is rarely without his squad. Images of the despot surrounded by wailing women have been widely shared, showing the tubby leader donning his usual black get-up in the middle of dozens of women who are seen desperately clinging onto him. One piece of unsettling footage shows Kim's young 'army of beauties' bursting into a perfectly choreographed cheerleading routine in the South Korean city of Gangneung, as they sport matching red outfits and grin into the camera. But according to defectors in the totalitarian state, there is a dark and twisted truth behind the images of smiling doting women as they claim girls are plucked from classrooms and subjected to medical tests to check they are virgins before being forced into a life of sexual servitude as part of Kim's 'Pleasure Squad'.The sleazy despot, who despite having a long-suffering wife, continues to flaunt himself surrounded by screaming women on camera, seemingly unfazed by rumours of a current mistress and past relationships with an adult film star.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem continues to be in the doghouse over anecdotes shared in her forthcoming book. She received widespread criticism over a story about how she shot her 14-month-old wirehaired pointer Cricket after he failed at pheasant hunting and killed her neighbor's chickens.

Park claimed the 'Pleasure Squad' is broken into three divisions: one specialising in giving massages, another in entertaining and a third prepared to be 'sexually intimate' with Kim

Kim Jong Un takes time each year to select 25 virgin girls to entertain him personally in a disturbing 'pleasure squad', a North Korean defector has claimed. Yeonmi Park, 30, alleged that officials 'visit every classroom and... even go to school-yards in case they missed someone that was pretty' in their horrifying searches for young women, according to The Star. After undergoing medical examinations to check they are still virgins, the women then 'have to learn how to please these men-that's their only goal,' she said.

For decades, Gérard Depardieu has been known as one of France 's greatest and most prolific actors, starring in hundreds of films, television productions and plays. The 75-year-old Oscar-nominated thespian has portrayed numerous historical and fictitious figures including Georges Danton, Joseph Stalin, Honoré de Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Christopher Columbus and Cyrano de Bergerac. This reputation as a French film great is perhaps only matched by his renown for impish behaviour, and over the years, the public - and Depardieu himself - have revelled in his wild excesses, including his drinking and womanising. He has over the years relieved himself in front of fellow passengers on a plane, boasted of his youth as a grave-robbing rent boy and cosied up to some of the world's most feared autocrats - including Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un. However, the limit of what many among the French public were willing to ascribe to his mischievous nature appeared to reach a limit when a series of women accused Depardieu of rape and sexual assault.

Hidden out of the spotlight for many years we knew little about the high-powered Korean leader's children. With one daughter now supporting Kim Jon Un at events.

The increase in China 's defense spending is concerning given its economy is 'failing,' the head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Admiral John Aquilino said China's economy had been battered by turmoil in its real estate sector and asserted that its official growth rates were 'not real'.

The drills showcased North Korea's 'nuclear trigger' management system for the first time, KCNA reported, adding this was the country's combined control system for its nuclear weapons

The drills showcased North Korea's 'nuclear trigger' management system for the first time, the official Korean Central News Agency reported, adding this was the country's combined control system for its nuclear weapons. The drill took place on Monday, according to the report. Seoul's military had earlier announced that the North had fired several short-range ballistic missiles that day, with Tokyo also confirming the launch.

'North Korea has fired an unidentified missile into the East Sea,' South Korea 's Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed, while Japan's defence ministry said on X that 'a suspected ballistic missile was launched from North Korea'. Japan's coast guard, citing the defence ministry, said shortly after the initial announcement that the missile appeared to have already fallen into the water, reportedly outside Japan's Exclusive Economic zone. Seoul-based specialist site NK News said that the 'brief flight time, likely under ten minutes, points to the launch involving a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) or 600mm multiple launch rocket system (MLRS)'. This comes after Kim Jong Un's forces tested a 'super-large warhead' on Friday, according to North Korean state media.

Clinton, who lost the presidential election to Trump in 2016, was appearing on the Defending Democracy podcast where she gave her take on the 2024 race. She believes that when it comes to the rematch between Biden and Trump, she still backs the 'effective and compassionate' current president despite his age who 'wants to maintain our Democracy.' Trump, on the other hand, Clinton believes would be an autocrat in the model of Vladimir Putin or a dictator the likes of Kim Jong Un, while also being 'old' as she put it.