Here are the highlights of Kim Jong-un's bizarre and secretive iron rule over the country. 9News
As well as courting celebrities, Kim also came to enjoy the trappings of Western-style entertainment.The group became a favourite on state-controlled North Korean television.He attended the completion ceremony of the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang in 2012.Kim Jong-un has shown no hesitancy about hunting down regime critics beyond North Korea.
But outside observers remained skeptical, saying that such an advance in nuclear technology seemed unlikely.In January 2017, during a televised address, he claimed North Korea is almost ready to begin testing intercontinental ballistic missiles.Later in 2017, then US President Donald Trump threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if the United States was forced to defend itself or an ally.
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