Kim Jong Un

Xi and Kim express hopes for greater ties between China and North Korea

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Central Cadres Training School in Pyongyang

North Korea unveils new facility to produce fuel for nuclear weapons

The nuclear plant's disclosure implies that leader Kim Jong Un is eager to cement his country's status as a nuclear power.

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim watches cruise missile tests with his daughter

Images sent by state media Wednesday showed the two in a conference room watching the firing on a screen, but the report did not mention Kim's daughter.

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

North Korea's missiles were short-range ones, South Korean military says

Will Trump meet with Kim? Speculation flares ahead of U.S. president's visit to South Korea

If realized, it would mark the two’s first summit since their last meeting at the Korean border village of Panmunjom in June 2019, and fourth overall.

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

Military parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), in Pyongyang

North Korea displays new long-range missile at military parade celebrating Kim Jong Un

At a massive military parade attended by foreign leaders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rolled out his nuclear-armed military’s most powerful weapons, including a new intercontinental ballistic missile he may be preparing to test in coming weeks.

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

North Korean leader recalls 'good personal memories' of Trump, urges U.S. to drop denuclearization demands

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have worsened in recent years as Kim has accelerated his weapons buildup and aligned with Russia over the war in Ukraine.

China's Xi and North Korea's Kim pledge deeper ties between nations at meeting in Beijing

By Ken Moritsugu, Simina Mistreanu, Associated Press

China has been North Korea’s biggest trading partner and aid provider, though questions have lingered about the strength of their bilateral relationship.

China's economic summit and military parade may signal a geopolitical shift

By Foster Klug, Associated Press

The leaders of China, North Korea and Russia stood shoulder to shoulder Wednesday as high-tech military hardware and thousands of marching soldiers filled the streets of Beijing.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in China for military parade alongside Putin and Xi

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among the 26 world leaders who'll join Chinese President Xi Jinping to watch Wednesday's massive military parade in Beijing.