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82nd birthday of late leader Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Feb. 16 Kyodo - People bow to statues of North Korea's founder, Kim Il Sung (L), and his son, Kim Jong Il, at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2024, marking the 82nd birthday of Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo)

Kim Jong Un says relations with Russia top priority: Kremlin

STORY: Kim Jong Un says relations with Russia top priority: Kremlin DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea STORYLINE: Developing relations with Moscow is the top priority for Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, said Wednesday, according to the Kremlin. "Our friendship has deep roots, and relations with the Russian Federation is the top priority for our country now," Kim said during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny spaceport in the Amur region in Russia's Far East. Kim thanked the Russian president for the invitation to Russia, adding that the visit takes place at a crucial time. Kim also expressed confidence that bilateral talks will help to "bring relations to a new level." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Vladivostok,

111th anniv. of birth of N. Korea's founder

An industrial design exhibition is held in Pyongyang on April 6, 2023, to celebrate the 111th anniversary on April 15 of the birth of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung.

N. Korea's Kim calls for increase in grain production in key meeting

People wearing face masks walk in Pyongyang on March 3, 2023. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for increasing grain production at a key four-day ruling party meeting through Wednesday focused on agricultural development, state-run media reported, amid speculation that the country has been suffering from a chronic food shortage. At the plenary meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea, which followed the previous plenum by an unusually short interval of two months, Kim said it is "important to concentrate on increasing the per-hectare yield at all the farms," the official Korean Central News Agency said Thursday. He also stressed the need to enhance the role of the provincial, city and county guidance organs and all the farms in attaining the long-term objective of agricultural development, KCNA said.

DPRK-COVID-19-KIM JONG UN-QUICK ACTION

(220513) -- PYONGYANG, May 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 13, 2022 shows Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), visiting the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters on May 12, 2022. Kim Jong Un on Thursday called for quick action to contain the spread of COVID-19, when visiting the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters, the official KCNA reported. (KCNA via Xinhua)

DPRK leader calls for quick action to contain COVID-19

STORY: DPRK leader calls for quick action to contain COVID-19 DATELINE: May 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: Pyongyang CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (Chinese): JIANG YAPING, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of Pyongyang STORYLINE: STANDUP (Chinese): JIANG YAPING, Xinhua correspondent in Pyongyang "According to the Korean Central News Agency, Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Thursday visited the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters. He called for quick action to contain the spread of COVID-19." A fever whose cause couldn't be identified explosively spread nationwide from late April, and more than 350,000 people got fever "in a short span of time" and at least 162,200 of them recovered completely. The Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday that samples taken from patients with fever in Pyongyang on Sunday were "consistent with" the virus' highly transmissible Omicron variant. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from

N. Korea's Kim seeks to expand key missile facility amid ICBM concern

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has instructed his officials to expand a key missile facility to launch a variety of rockets, state-run media reported Friday, with Pyongyang believed to have tested intercontinental ballistic missiles recently. Kim inspected the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in Dongchang-ri in the country's northwest, the Korean Central News Agency said, although it did not state when he visited the facility, which was previously used to test ICBM engines.

80th birthday of late leader Kim Jong Il

People visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang to offer flowers on Feb. 16, 2022, the 80th birthday of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il.

Scene in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Feb. 3 Kyodo - A photo exhibition opens in Pyongyang on Feb. 3, 2022, to mark the 80th year on Feb. 16 of the birth of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il

N. Korea hints at resuming nuclear, ICBM tests to counter U.S.

North Korea on Thursday hinted at resuming nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests, saying it may restart "activities" that it had temporarily suspended to build trust with former U.S. President Donald Trump. A key ruling party gathering held Wednesday concluded that North Korea should take "practical action to more reliably and effectively increase our physical strength" to counter the United States, the official Korean Central News Agency reported. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who held talks with Trump three times, presided over the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, according to KCNA. People wearing face masks walk in Pyongyang on Jan. 20, 2022, amid worries over the novel coronavirus.

Signs of new era emerging in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - In this photo taken Nov. 22, 2009, junior high school children march on a street in Pyongyang singing songs in praise of Kim Jong Un, the third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il who is rumored to be his heir apparent. (Kyodo)

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