North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiles during a visit to the Chonji Lubricant Factory, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on Aug. 6, 2014.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jean Lee, the former Pyongyang bureau chief for the Associated Press, and Georgetown University's Angela Stent, about the upcoming meeting between Kim Jong Un and Putin.

Kim Jong Un, center, receives a gift from Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during his visit to the Russian Pacific fleet in Vladivostok, the Russian Far East, on Sept. 16, 2023.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is on his way home Sunday from Russia, ending a six-day trip that triggered global concerns about weapons transfer deals between the two countries locked in ...

Kim Jong Un became the leader of North Korea in 2011. As a third-generation ruler, he followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, who first came to power at the country's founding.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center right, reviews an honor guard with his daughter, center left, and his wife Ri Sol Ju during a military parade on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North ...

Kim Jong Un is only 38 years old. And even if some unexpected problem were to take his life, Ju Ae is likely at least a decade or more away from being able to replace her father atop the North ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing Tuesday morning for his third visit to China in less than three months just one week after the Singapore Summit.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he believes his country will no longer need to fight wars because its nuclear arsenal guarantees its safety, according to North Korean state media.

Kim Jong Un's weight loss The other great mystery keeping North Korea analysts busy over the last week has been a dramatic change in the young dictator's appearance.

This combination of file photos show U.S. President Donald Trump, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 16, 2018, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting of ...

On October 10, Kim Jong Un – North Korea’s notorious dictator – became one of the few world leaders to publicly shed tears while apologizing to his people for the hardships they’ve had to ...