Kim Jong Un
North Korea's leader
Kim Jong Un is the Supreme Leader of North Korea, ruling since 2011 following the death of his father Kim Jong Il.
He maintains one of the world's most repressive regimes while pursuing nuclear weapons development.
His name appears frequently in discussions of international diplomacy and authoritarian governance: Kim Jong Un met with the U.S. president in Singapore.
- dictatorRuler with total control
- Supreme LeaderHighest political-religious authority
- PyongyangNorth Korean capital
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- nuclear weaponsExplosive devices using fission
missiles · missile tests · regime · supreme · leader · dynasty · isolated · cult of personality · propaganda · state media · military · military parade · authoritarian · Korea · sanctions · totalitarian · haircut · rockets
- Asian Geopoliticsborder dispute, China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea
- Asian PoliticsChina, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan
- Asian Warfaresamurai, ninja, katana, shogun, bushido
- dictatorsdictator, tyrant, despot, autocrat, Stalin
- North KoreaPyongyang, DPRK, DMZ, demilitarized zone, Supreme Leader
Kim Jong UnJacinda Ardern
Angela Merkel · Barack Obama · Nelson Mandela · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Justin Trudeau
Kim Jong UnNelson Mandela
Mahatma Gandhi · Martin Luther King Jr. · Desmond Tutu · Eleanor Roosevelt · Malala Yousafzai
Kim Jong Unpeacemaker
Conflict resolution agent
internationalist · Mikhail Gorbachev · Jimmy Carter · Kofi Annan · NATO ally