WHO IS Kim Jong-un?

Kim Jong-un, a North Korean politician who has been President of the Korean Labor Party since 2012, was born on January 8, 1983. Kim is the second child of Ko Yong-hui (1952-2004) and Kim Jong-il (1941-2011), the country's second leader from 1994 to 2011. He is the grandson of Kim Il-sung, the founder and first leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994. Kim is the first North Korean leader to be born after the country's foundation, and is also the second youngest government president in the world.

From the end of 2010, Kim Jong-un was seen as the heir to the leadership of the KDHC, and after the old Kim's death, the North Korean state television declared it "The Great Successful". Kim, the President of the Korean Workers Party (as First Secretary between 2012 and 2016), Head of the Central Military Commission, Head of the State Affairs Commission, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and the Korean Labor, the highest decision-making body in North Korea. Party is a member of the Politrobu Presidency. [7] Kim was promoted to the rank of North Korean Marshal in the Korean People's Army on July 18, 2012, and reinforced his post as the High Command of the Armed Forces. North Korean state media often call it Marshal Kim Jong-un, "Marshal" or "Dear Respect".