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Kim Jong Un Admits a Failure
Kim Jong Un
Admits a Failure
Jan 6, 2021 12:01 AM CST

Kim Jong Un Admits a Failure

Says his economic plan has almost completely failed at rare meeting

(Newser) - At a rare political meeting Tuesday in North Korea, Kim Jong Un admitted his economic policies have almost entirely failed, the AP reports. On the first day of a congress for the ruling Workers' Party, the first in five years, the leader said his five-year economic development plan did not...

Kim Jong Un Sends a Rare Letter to His People

'I will work hard to bring earlier the new era,' Kim Jong Un wrote

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un thanked the public for their trust and support "in the difficult times" and wished them happiness and good health in his first New Year’s Day card sent to his people. Kim usually gives a televised speech on Jan. 1, but he is...

After 9 Years, Kim Jong Un Is Feeling the Squeeze

Party meeting comes as nation is being battered by pandemic, sanctions

(Newser) - Coronavirus restrictions that have significantly limited his public appearances. Warning signals for an economy battered by pandemic-related border closings, natural disasters, and international sanctions. The impending departure of a US president who said he “fell in love” with him. As North Korean leader Kim Jong Un grapples with the...

Experts: Report on Kim a Sign That Virus Is Roiling N. Korea

Analyst says leader, other North Korean elites have received COVID-19 vaccine from China

(Newser) - His country's attempts to hack pharmaceutical companies apparently failed , but Kim Jong Un got a coronavirus vaccine anyway. That's according to US analyst Harry Kazianis, who reports that the North Korean leader, his family members, and several senior government officials were vaccinated "within the last two to...

Spy Agency: Kim Is Taking 'Irrational' COVID Measures

South Korean lawmakers were told Kim has banned fishing, ordered executions

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea, and locked down Pyongyang as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus and its economic damage, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Friday. Kim's government also ordered diplomats overseas...

Kim Jong Un Delivers Tearful Apology

Analysts believe pressure on regime is growing

(Newser) - Kim Jong Un has been openly criticized by the only person in North Korea allowed to do so—himself. The North Korean leader delivered a tearful apology to his people during a massive military parade Saturday, saying his "efforts and sincerity" had not been enough to "rid our...

Kim Jong Un: We're Ready to 'Fully Mobilize'

And North Korea shows off its big new weapon

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Saturday that his country would "fully mobilize" its nuclear force if threatened as he took center stage at a military parade in which the country unveiled what appeared to be a new intercontinental ballistic missile and other additions to its growing weapons...

Kim Jong Un Offers Rare Apology
Kim Jong Un
Offers Rare Apology
Sep 25, 2020 6:43 AM CDT

Kim Jong Un Offers Rare Apology

North Korean leader says he regrets the killing of a South Korean citizen

(Newser) - Kim Jong Un has offered a rare apology for what the BBC describes as the first killing of a South Korean citizen by the North in a decade. The South Korean government official may have been trying to defect to North Korea when he disappeared from a government ship, leaving...

North Korea May Be Nearly Ready to Test New Missile

Launch from submarine of a new system would violate Trump's mandate

(Newser) - North Korea is showing signs of preparing for a test launch of a medium-range ballistic missile, a step that would cross lines set by President Trump. Experts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies see indications of planning for a submarine-based launch in satellite images taken Friday, NBC News...

Sanders Reveals Trump Reaction to Kim Jong Un Flirting

'He f---ing hit on you!' ex-WH press secretary says he exclaimed in incident detailed in new book

(Newser) - Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been making the rounds of late to help her ex-boss stump for November. This week, however, the buzz around Sanders is focused on her upcoming memoir, a copy of which the Guardian got its hands on a few days before its...

After Coma Rumors, Kim Jong Un Shows Up, Cigarette in Hand
'What Is Going On'
With Kim Jong Un?
Aug 26, 2020 11:51 AM CDT

'What Is Going On' With Kim Jong Un?

He was said once again to be incapacitated—then supposedly showed up smoking a cigarette

(Newser) - There's a lot going on in the world right now, but Bloomberg has just come out and asked the question we've all had simmering in the back of our minds for some time: "What's going on with Kim Jong Un?" In April, the North Korean leader...

A Rare Admission From Kim Jong Un
A Rare Admission
From Kim Jong Un
Aug 20, 2020 7:36 AM CDT

A Rare Admission From Kim Jong Un

Leader admits plan for 'great socialist country' was a failure, calls for January meeting

(Newser) - Kim Jong Un's ambitious five-year plan to boost the North Korean economy and create a "great socialist country" has been "seriously delayed," he said Thursday in Pyongyang—and he's called for a rare Workers' Party congress at the start of the new year to try...

Woodward Gets His Hands on 25 'Personal' Trump-Kim Letters

Bob Woodward's 'Rage' is coming out September 15

(Newser) - President Trump and Kim Jong Un have been writing each other letters—and 25 of them are about to hit the presses. That's according to the publisher of Bob Woodward's second book about the Trump presidency, titled Rage. The personal letters "have not been public before,"...

Kim Is Developing Baby Nukes: UN Experts

Report finds North Korea is expanding its nuclear arsenal, ballistic missile program

(Newser) - UN experts say North Korea is flouting UN sanctions by expanding its nuclear arsenal and ballistic missile program and by exporting coal and illegally importing refined petroleum products in excess of its annual quota. In a report obtained Tuesday by the AP , the experts said that North Korea has also...

OK, COVID-19 Is Here, North Korea Says

Kim Jong Un declares emergency and shuts down Kaesong

(Newser) - For the first time, Pyongyang has acknowledged that the new coronavirus has reached North Korea. The nation's first confirmed case prompted the lockdown of a border city and an emergency politburo meeting, Reuters reports. A defector to South Korea, who crossed back to Kaesong this month after three years,...

Kim Visits Hospital Project, Fires All Officials Involved

This could be a sign sanctions are biting

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated construction managers for unspecified problems in building a showpiece hospital in comments reported Monday that may indicate the country is struggling to secure supplies amid US-led sanctions and a coronavirus lockdown. During a visit to the construction site in Pyongyang, Kim lamented that...

Kim's Sister: We Don't Need Another Trump Summit

It would be 'unpractical and does not serve us at all,' says Kim Yo Jong

(Newser) - The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Friday she doesn’t expect her brother to meet President Trump this year, saying there’s no reason for the North to gift Trump high-profile meetings when it’s not being substantially rewarded in return. "But also, you...

Kim: N. Korea Has 'Thoroughly Prevented' Any COVID Cases

He urges country to stay vigilant after 'shining success'

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to maintain alertness against the coronavirus, warning that complacency risked "unimaginable and irretrievable crisis," state media said Friday. Despite the warning, Kim reaffirmed North Korea’s claim to not have had a single case of COVID-19, telling a ruling party...

Leaflets on Kim's Wife Were 'the Last Straw'

Russian ambassador says 'propaganda' featuring Ri Sol Ju was 'a special kind of dirty'

(Newser) - We may now know why North Korea was so upset with a recent round of anti-Pyongyang leaflets floated across the border from South Korea. Leaflets launched May 31—two weeks before North Korean officials blew up a joint liaison office —included provocative, Photoshopped images of Kim Jong Un's...

North Korea Suspends Military Retaliation Against South

After weeks of ramping up tensions, a de-escalation

(Newser) - North Korea said Wednesday that Kim Jong Un suspended a planned military retaliation against South Korea, in an apparent slowing of the pressure campaign it has waged against its rival amid stalled nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration. Last week, the North had declared relations with the South as fully...

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