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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicKim Jong Un

Topic: Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un kicks off key party meeting ahead of New Year

The Sixth Enlarged Plenary Meeting of 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), involving state & party officials, began Monday, state news agency KCNA said.

Leadership prospects of Kim Jong Un’s daughter uncertain in male-dominated North Korea

Kim Jong Un's daughter appeared at a ballistic missile launch Saturday, providing the first official confirmation that the North Korean leader has children.

North Korea’s nuclear weapons cult shows Kim Jong-un won’t limit his ambitions

The shadow of nuclear weapons has hung over the Koreas since 1950; the savage logic of mutual destruction keeping the peace. One story shows it's easy to lose reason.

North Korea’s Covid solution may comprise launching missiles in move to flex its muscles

As Biden prepares to visit allies in the region, Kim Jong Un may be planning on showing off North Korea's military might to distract from its 1.7 million Covid-infected citizens.

North Korea admits first Covid casualty, calls recent spread ‘explosive’

Pyongyang revealed Friday that the country has had 350,000 cases and over six deaths since April this year.

Kim Jong Un appears to lower his guardrails for a nuclear strike

North Korean leader signaled a looser policy toward his possible use of atomic weapons at a military parade in Pyongyang aired on state television Tuesday.

Kim Jong Un’s sister threatens South Korea with ‘miserable fate’ of nuclear strike if it attacks

This was the second warning issued by the younger Kim in about 48 hours, after she earlier denounced South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook as a 'senseless and scum-like guy'.

Hit by sanctions, Russia may ‘openly disregard’ West to begin trade with North Korea

Russia did zero business with North Korea in 2021, but there is growing evidence that it may now initiate overland rail trade.

North Korea fires 2nd ballistic missile in less than week as Kim Jong Un shuns calls for talks

The tests come days after Kim told a top ruling party meeting that he was more interested in bolstering his arsenal than returning to stalled nuclear talks with the US.

The rise and rise of ‘first sister’ Kim Yo-jong in North Korea

Kim Yo-jong is also a leader of the Propaganda and Agitation Department, and has blown up the inter-Korea liaison office.

On Camera

Rahul’s ‘vote chori’ attack on EC is a political dead-end. He still has a point

The ECI needs to respond to Rahul Gandhi’s accusations professionally and transparently. Else, it will end up giving him the ammunition he is desperately seeking.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.