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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 ...

Ivanka Trump may rub shoulders with North Korea's former intelligence at the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics (AFP/File Photo)

February 25th, 2018 - 12:00 GMT

Will Ivanka Trump Rub shoulders with North Korean Officials at Olympic Closing Ceremony?

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong (C) as they watch a concert of Pyongyang's Samjiyon Orchestra at a national theatre in Seoul on Feb. 11, 2018 (YONHAP / AFP)

February 12th, 2018 - 09:58 GMT

Inter-Korean Negotiations Likely to Include US

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

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

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

"Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!" (Shutterstock/File)

January 3rd, 2018 - 08:58 GMT

My Nuclear Button is Much Bigger Than Kim Jong Un's: Trump Boasts on Twitter

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (AFP)

January 2nd, 2018 - 06:36 GMT

'Groundbreaking Chance' for Peace: South Korean Pres. on North's Offer to Talk

A microscopic view of anthrax spores. Photograph (AFP)

December 27th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Defected North Korea Soldier Found to Have Anthrax Antibodies

The UN Security Council on Monday opened an emergency meeting to agree to a response to North Korea's sixth and most powerful nuclear test, as calls mounted for a new raft of tough sanctions to be imposed on Pyongyang.

KENA BETANCUR / AFP

September 5th, 2017 - 11:04 GMT

UN Security Council Emergency Session: Momentum Builds Against North Korea

"The reckless remarks of the Israeli defence minister are sordid and wicked behaviour and grave challenge," a North Korean spokesman said. (AFP)

May 1st, 2017 - 08:10 GMT

‘Israel is a curse on the Middle East’, says Kim Jong-Un

This picture, taken by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on July 24, 2013 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un shaking hands with Abdullah al-Ahmar, deputy general secretary of the Syria's Baath Arab Socialist Party in Pyongyang. "AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS"

July 25th, 2013 - 12:48 GMT

Syrian government delegation in North Korea