Seoul, April 16 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen an artillery firing contest on the birth anniversary of state founder Kim Il-sung, grandfather of the current leader Kim, the North’s state media reported Thursday.”Comrade Kim Jong-un … oversaw an artillery firing contest of artillery subunits under the large combined units of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) in the western area organized on April 15, the Day of the Sun,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.It marks the …
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Seoul, March 26 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has welcomed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Pyongyang, as the Belarusian leader made his first official visit to the North, according to the North’s state media Thursday.A ceremony to welcome Lukashenko took place at Kim Il Sung Square on Wednesday as he arrived in Pyongyang by his private plane for a two-day visit at the invitation of the North’s leader, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Both North Korea and B…
Seoul, Jan 8 (IANS) A North Korean party magazine stressed the importance of designating the state leader’s successor in a publication in March last year, shortly before leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Ju-ae, resumed public appearances following a brief hiatus.Amid speculation that Ju-ae is being groomed as Kim’s potential successor, the publication has gained attention as it may have been aimed at setting the stage for the ruling family’s third hereditary transfer of power.”Geunroja,” which mean…
Seoul, Jan 2 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s teenage daughter Ju-ae has paid tribute at the family mausoleum for the first time, accompanied by her father, the North’s state media images showed on Friday.Her first known attendance at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the North Korean leader’s late father and grandfather lie in state, came amid growing speculation about her presence in the North Korean communist dynasty’s potential succession.Kim, his wife and Ju-ae, as well as key p…