Kim Jong-un
North Korea's leader
Kim Jong-un is the supreme leader of North Korea, having assumed power in 2011 after the death of his father, Kim Jong-il.
He maintains totalitarian control over the isolated nation and has overseen its nuclear weapons program.
His name appears frequently in discussions of international security and diplomatic tensions: Kim Jong-un met with the U.S. president in Singapore.
Highest-ranking authoritarian figure
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
- despotRuler with absolute power
- autocratSole wielder of power
- totalitarianDictatorial, all-controlling regime
strongman · oppressor · ruler · regime · propaganda · personality cult · censorship · purge
North Korean capital
- DMZWeapon-free border zone
- 38th parallelKorean division latitude
- hermit kingdomNation deliberately avoiding outside contact
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
reunification · famine · military parade · reclusive · isolated · sanctions · China · border
Munition's explosive section
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- ICBMOcean-spanning nuclear delivery system
- uraniumElement ninety-two
- plutoniumActinide, atomic number 94
enrichment · test · proliferation · sanctions · deterrence · launch · denuclearization · brinkmanship
Following in order
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- founding familyOriginal establishing clan
heir · immortal · ancestor worship · legitimacy · portraits · statues
supreme leader
Highest-ranking authoritarian figure
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
- despotRuler with absolute power
- autocratSole wielder of power
totalitarian · strongman · oppressor · ruler · regime · propaganda · personality cult · censorship · purge · execution
Pyongyang
North Korean capital
- DMZWeapon-free border zone
- 38th parallelKorean division latitude
- hermit kingdomNation deliberately avoiding outside contact
armistice · reunification · famine · military parade · reclusive · isolated · sanctions · China · border
warhead
Munition's explosive section
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- ICBMOcean-spanning nuclear delivery system
- uraniumElement ninety-two
plutonium · enrichment · test · proliferation · sanctions · deterrence · launch · denuclearization · brinkmanship · underground test
succession
Following in order
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- lineageDescent from progenitors
founding family · heir · immortal · ancestor worship · legitimacy · portraits · statues
- Korean Leaders
- Political DynastiesBush family, Kennedy family, Roosevelt family, Indira Gandhi
- Political LeadersJoseph Stalin, Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, Lenin, Mao Zedong
- KoreaSeoul, Korea, Busan, Incheon, South Korea
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- Asian PoliticsChina, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan
Kim Jong-unJacinda Ardern
Nelson Mandela · Angela Merkel · Justin Trudeau · Joe Biden · Barack Obama
Kim Jong-unNelson Mandela
Mahatma Gandhi · Desmond Tutu · Martin Luther King Jr. · liberator · Eleanor Roosevelt
Kim Jong-uninternationalist
Supporter of worldwide cooperation
peace broker · Mikhail Gorbachev · globalist · Jimmy Carter · NATO ally