Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un and North Korea
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Kim Jong Un offered China’s president a grand welcome Monday.
Kim Jong Un reversed a death sentence for the nephew of Air Force Commander Kim Gwang Hyok, causing an outcry.
Kim Jong Un inspected a new plant that makes weapons-grade nuclear material on Wednesday and said Pyongyang plans to “beef up our state’s nuclear forces at an exponential rate,” according to a report from state-run media.
Chinese president's first trip to North Korea since 2019 and also his first foreign visit this year.
In her statement, Kim Yo Jong accused the US and South Korea of pushing for "ceaseless arms build-ups," saying her brother's push for "steadily beefing up the nuclear war deterrent for self-defense" is "an irreversible final conclusion to be carried out unconditionally."
Kim Jong Un led the celebrations, and players wept with joy, as Asian club soccer’s newest women’s champions toasted a continental conquest that caps a remarkable run for North Korea’s female footballers.
The powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un called a US push for the denuclearisation of the North an "anachronistic dream", saying the country will instead expand its nuclear arsenal in the face of US-led threats.