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A possible venue for the meeting is the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, where Mr Putin is attending an international forum that runs until Wednesday. In late February 2018, Reuters reported that Kim and his father had used forged passports—supposedly issued by Brazil and dated 26 February 1996—to apply for visas in various countries. Both 10-year passports carry a stamp saying "Embassy of Brazil in Prague". Kim Jong Un's passport records the name "Josef Pwag" and a date of birth of 1 February 1983. [30] Everything you need to know about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un". ABC News. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018 . Retrieved 15 June 2018.

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On 18 November 2022, Kim Jong Un was seen reviewing key military arsenals with his daughter Ju Ae. [266] The two were seen together again at a gathering with missile scientists later in the same month. [267] She has since routinely accompanied him. [268] On 10 October 2010, Kim Jong Un was alongside his father when he attended the ruling Workers' Party's 65th-anniversary celebration. This was seen as confirming his position as the next leader of the Workers' Party. Unprecedented international press access was granted to the event, further indicating the importance of Kim Jong Un's presence. [58] In January 2011, the regime reportedly began purging around 200 protégés of both Jong Un's uncle-in-law Jang Song Thaek and O Kuk Ryol, the vice chairman of the National Defence Commission, by either detention or execution to further prevent either man from rivaling Jong Un. [59] Leader of North Korea People bowing to the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, April 2012 Portraits of Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather ( Arirang Festival mass games in Pyongyang) Official North Korean biographies of Kim Jong Il list his birth year as 1942. The Korean calendar is based upon the Chinese zodiac which is believed to characterize one's personality. The year 1942 (Year of the Horse), in addition to being 30 years since Kim Il Sung's birth may be viewed as a better year than others, thus creating a motive to lie about a birth year.

Peter Foster (8 June 2010). "Rare photos of Kim Jong-il's youngest son, Kim Jong-un, released". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Kim Song, North Korea’s U.N. ambassador, also said Washington was trying to create “the Asian version of NATO,” the military alliance that includes European nations and the United States and Canada. First and foremost, it is obviously right for democratic countries to seek to further align and deepen partnerships in the interests of peace and stability,” the Prime Minister’s spokesman said. In July 2012, [75] Kim Jong Un was promoted to wonsu (translated as marshal), the highest active rank in the military. The decision was jointly issued on by the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, the National Defence Commission, and the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the Korean Central News Agency subsequently announced. [76] The only higher rank is Taewonsu (roughly translated as Grand Marshal or Generalissimo) which was held by Kim's grandfather, Kim Il Sung, and which was awarded posthumously to his father, Kim Jong Il, in February 2012. [75] [76] The promotion confirmed Kim's role as top leader of the North Korean military and came days after the replacement of Chief of General Staff Ri Yong Ho by Hyon Yong Chol. [76] External image The source suggested that the publishers did not include Xi’s gifts for fear of breaching diplomatic etiquette given that “the calendar embodies the admiration of the people of the world for North Korea’s three past and present leaders in 2023, when the birthdays of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un mark symbolically important fifth or tenth-year anniversaries in North Korea’s revolutionary history.”Kim Jong Un [b] ( English: / ˌ k ɪ m dʒ ɒ ŋ ˈ ʊ n, - ˈ uː n/; [2] Korean: 김정은, Korean: [kim.dʑɔŋ.ɯːn]; [c] born 8 January 1982 or 1983) [d] is a North Korean politician who has been supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. [e] He is the third son of Kim Jong Il, who was North Korea's second supreme leader from 1994 to 2011, and Ko Yong Hui. He is a grandson of Kim Il Sung, who was the founder and first supreme leader of North Korea from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. North Korea’s appearances at the United Nations are often illuminating, despite the absence of leader Kim Jong Un or other high-level officials, given that hearing words directly from the mouths of the country’s leaders — however carefully reviewed and calibrated — is a relatively uncommon occurrence on the international stage. The calendar provides explanations of street names and key events in both Korean and Chinese. Chinese does not appear in calendars that are made for the North Korean public. Kim has attempted to ease North Korea's food shortages, though the food situation deteriorated during the COVID-19 pandemic. [118] In March 2023, during a WPK plenary session, he called for boosting agricultural production, saying that it is "important to concentrate on increasing the yield at all the farms". [119] Purges and executions