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Kim Kyong-hui, Kim Jong-un’s aunt, dressed in black and seated next to his wife, made a surprise public appearance. (Korea Central News Agency, via Agence France-Presse, Getty Images)

January 27th, 2020 - 07:17 GMT

Kim Jong-Un's Aunt Makes Her First Public Appearance in 6 Years

The aunt of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un has been seen in public for the first time since the execution of her husband in 2013. Kim Kyong Hui is the daughter of North Korea's founder, Kim ll-sung, and sister to former leader Kim Jong-il. She had largely disappeared from public view since 2013, after Kim Jong-Un ordered the execution of her husband, Jang Song Thaek, seen as the second most ...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (L) and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands during their joint announcement after their meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2018 (TORU HANAI / POOL / AFP)

February 7th, 2018 - 01:52 GMT

US to Unveil 'Toughest and Most Aggressive' Sanctions on N. Korea: Pence

U.S. President Donald J. Trump delivers the State of the Union address as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (L) and Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) (R) look on in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives Jan. 30, 2018 in Washington, DC (CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

February 4th, 2018 - 01:35 GMT

N. Korea Calls Trump's State of the Union Speech 'Height of Dogmatism'

There are currently some 50,000 North Koreans providing low-cost labor in Russia to earn foreign currency for Pyongyang, according to Yonhap (AFP/File)

January 31st, 2018 - 12:02 GMT

Russia to Repatriate Tens of Thousands of North Korean Workers

The UNICEF also estimated that some 200,000 North Korean children are now in acute malnutrition category (AFP/File)

January 30th, 2018 - 06:33 GMT

Hundreds of Thousands of Children Could Starve in North Korea: UNICEF

Olympic rings are displayed on the ski jump tower at Pyeongchang Alpensia Olympic park in preparation for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games, in Pyeongchang (YONHAP / AFP)

January 30th, 2018 - 08:43 GMT

S. Korea Says Joint Events With North Still Being Discussed

Kim Jong-un complained about 'biased' media reports (AFP/File)

January 29th, 2018 - 04:14 GMT

N. Korea Cancels Joint Event With South, Blames ‘Biased Media’

North Korea's women's ice hockey players who will form a unified Korean team at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics arrive at the inter-Korea transit office near the Demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas in Paju on Jan. 25, 2018 (KOREA POOL / AFP)

January 25th, 2018 - 10:08 GMT

North Korean Ice Hockey Players Arrive in South for Unified Olympics Team

South Korean protesters try to burn a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during an anti-North Korea rally outside Seoul station in Seoul on January 22, 2018 as a North Korean delegation arrives at the station (YONHAP / AFP)

January 23rd, 2018 - 08:46 GMT

Seoul Rejects Criticism North Korea Hijacked the Winter Olympics

South Korean protesters burn a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during an anti-North Korea rally outside Seoul station in Seoul on Jan. 22, 2018, as a North Korean delegation arrives at the station (Dong-A Ilbo / AFP)

January 22nd, 2018 - 07:46 GMT

South Korean Protesters Burn Kim Jong-un Poster

This file photo taken on February 10, 2006 shows South Korean and North Korean athletes marching together during the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Turin (ERIC FEFERBERG / AFP)

January 17th, 2018 - 06:58 GMT

North, South Korea to March Under Unified Flag During Winter Olympics

In a photo taken on Jan. 10, 2018 members of the South Korean air force Black Eagle aerobatic team perform above the ski jump venue of the Pyeongchang 2018 winter Olympics (YONHAP / AFP)

January 15th, 2018 - 02:27 GMT

North Korean 140-Member Orchestra to Perform at Winter Olympics

This file photo taken on Feb. 10, 2006 shows South Korean and North Korean athletes marching together during the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Turin (Eric Feferberg / AFP)

January 14th, 2018 - 02:35 GMT

North Korea Threatens to Withdraw From Winter Olympics