Kim Jong-un
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Kim Jong-un is Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly referred to as North Korea.
Kim Jong-un is the second child of former Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il (1941–2011) and his consort Ko Yong-hui,[1] and was officially declared the Supreme Leader following the state funeral of his father on 28 December 2011.[2]
Hydrogen bomb
On 3 September 2017, in a surprise announcement on state TV, North Korea said it had tested a powerful hydrogen bomb that could be loaded on to an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in a move that is expected to increase pressure on US President Donald Trump to defuse the growing nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula.
Pyongyang said the test, its sixth since 2006, had been a “complete success” and involved a two-stage thermonuclear weapon of unprecedented strength. There has been no independent verification of North Korea’s claims that it has achieved a key goal in its nuclear programme – the ability to miniaturise a warhead so that it can fit on a long-distance missile. The regime has earlier released footage of what it said was a hydrogen bomb that would be loaded on to a new ICBM.
The TV announcement, which was accompanied by patriotic music and images of North Korean landscape and military hardware, said the test had been ordered by the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un.[3]
Related Documents
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:The Korea issue is now in the hands of the BRICS | Article | 3 September 2017 | Adam Garrie | "Simon says: 'There's a 7½-hour flight from the BRICS summit in Xiamen, China to Pyongyang, North Korea so if Sergei Lavrov and the Chinese FM took that flight together to meet Kim Jong-un, it would have huge impact, and get the ball rolling on dialogue'." |
Document:There is no military solution in North Korea | Interview | 5 September 2017 | Mishal Husain | Former Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell says the United States needs to bring the international community together more effectively over North Korea |
Document:Washington Considers Military Action Against North Korea to Force Regime Change | article | 7 March 2017 | Stephen Gowans | A history of Post-WWII US military threats against North Korea leading to the latest escalation in Spring 2017, with due weight given to the North Korean perspective |
Document:Xi Jinping says a dark shadow looms over the world after years of peace | Article | 3 September 2017 | Tom Phillips Wang Zhen | Shen Dingli, an international relations expert from Shanghai, said Sunday’s nuclear test underlined the futility of both Washington and Beijing’s policies towards North Korea: "It's only a matter of time before Donald Trump realises he has no choice but to sit down with Kim Jong-un." |
References
- ↑ Moore, Malcolm. "Kim Jong-un: a profile of North Korea's next leader"
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- ↑ "Donald Trump condemns 'very hostile' North Korea nuclear test"

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