What you should know about Kim Jong Un

(CNN) – Here’s a glimpse into the life of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Personal

Date of birth: January 8 (widely believed to be in his early 30s, although the year of birth is not publicly available).
Father: Kim Jong Il
Mother: Ko Yong Hui.
Marriage: Ri Sol Ju
Children: Ju Ae and reportedly two others
Education: Kim Il Sung Military Academy, 2002-2007 Other Facts

He is the youngest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

Schedule

April 2009: appointed to the North Korean National Defense Commission.

September 28, 2010: promoted to four-star general and appointed vice chairman of the Central Military Commission as well as the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea.

October 9, 2010 – Kim Jong Nam, eldest son of Kim Jong Il, tells Japanese Asahi television that he opposes the transfer of hereditary power to a third generation. These are his first comments since promoting Kim Jong Un, his half brother.

December 17, 2011: Kim Jong Il dies at the age of 69.

December 28, 2011 – Accompany the body of Kim Jong Il during the funeral procession through Pyongyang.

December 31, 2011: assumes command of the North Korean army. The Korean State Central News Agency reports that power was transferred to him on October 8 at the behest of his father.

April 15, 2012 – He speaks to hundreds of troops and others in Pyongyang as part of a celebration marking 100 years since the birth of the nation’s founder, Kim Il Sung, his grandfather. Kim’s speech is his first televised since he assumed leadership of the country.

July 18, 2012: Kim receives the title of Army Marshal. It is the latest in a series of moves to reconfigure the top ranks of North Korea’s military. The announcement follows the dismissal of the army chief, Ri Yong Ho.

March 2013: features former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman.

September 8, 2013 – Upon returning from his second trip to North Korea, Rodman says he held “baby Ju Ae” and describes Kim as “a good father.”

January 8, 2014: Rodman sings “Happy Birthday” to Kim and then he and other former NBA players face the North Koreans in an exhibition game.

March 9, 2014: Kim is unanimously elected as a deputy to the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) of the DPRK, a body with a 100% participation.

September-October 2014: Kim disappears from public view for about six weeks; a cyst was reportedly removed from his right ankle.

July 2015: South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se says Kim has executed 70 officials since he came to power in late 2011.

December 10, 2015 – According to state media KCNA, Kim claims that North Korea has added the hydrogen bomb to its nuclear arsenal. But outside observers are skeptical, saying such a breakthrough in nuclear technology seems unlikely.

July 6, 2016 – The Obama administration imposes sanctions on Kim and 10 other regime officials for their alleged complicity in human rights abuses against the North Korean people. The move marks the first time Washington has personally sanctioned Kim.

September 21, 2016 – South Korea’s defense minister announces that South Korea has elite troops ready to assassinate Kim if the country feels threatened by North Korea’s nuclear weapons.

December 29, 2016: A group of South Korean experts publishes a report detailing the leader’s use of executions to retain power. According to the report, 340 people were executed over a period of five years.

January 1, 2017 – During a televised speech, Kim claims that North Korea is almost ready to begin testing ICBMs.

February 13, 2017: Kim Jong Nam dies after being poisoned at Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur International Airport. South Korea’s intelligence agency later says Kim ordered his death.

September 22, 2017 – After US President Donald Trump threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea if the US is forced to defend itself or an ally, Kim makes a rare direct statement on North Korean television. , saying that Trump will “pay dearly” and “will surely tame the mentally deranged insane America with fire.”

February 10, 2018: extends a formal invitation to the president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, to travel to North Korea. Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un’s younger sister, presents the invitation at the presidential palace in Seoul, marking the first time a member of the northern ruling dynasty has visited since the Korean War, which ended in an armistice in 1953 .

March 8, 2018: The White House announces that Trump has agreed to meet with Kim. The talks would be the first between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader.

March 25-28, 2018 – Kim makes a surprise trip to Beijing and meets with President Xi Jinping, according to Chinese state media. The trip is Kim’s first overseas since he took the reins after his father, Kim Jong Il, died in late 2011.

April 18, 2018: Trump confirms that CIA Director Mike Pompeo visited North Korea and secretly met with Kim. A White House official tells CNN that the meeting happened over Easter weekend.

April 27, 2018: During a one-day summit, Kim and Moon pledge to formally end the Korean War, 65 years after the cessation of hostilities. The Punmunjom Declaration also calls for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

May 26, 2018: holds a surprise meeting with Moon, their second meeting in a month, in the Demilitarized Zone, the South Korean presidency said in a statement, days after Trump called a June 12 summit with Kim.

June 12, 2018: meets with Trump for nearly five hours in Singapore, the first time leaders of the United States and North Korea have met. The two leaders sign a statement that reads: “President Trump promised to provide security guarantees to the DPRK, and President Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”

September 18-20, 2018: meets with Moon in Pyongyang, the third summit in 2018 between the two leaders and the first time since 2007 that a South Korean president has traveled to North Korea.

From February 27 to 28, 2019: Kim and Trump meet in Hanoi, Vietnam, but the summit ends without a joint agreement after Kim insists that all US sanctions against North Korea be lifted.

April 25, 2019: Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold their first summit in the Russian city of Vladivostok. After their meeting, Putin and Kim give very short statements saying that they had exchanged views on the Korean conflict and thanked each other for coming.

June 30, 2019: Kim greets Trump at the North-South Korean border. Trump becomes the first sitting president to enter North Korea. He takes 20 steps beyond the border and shakes hands with Kim. Although the US and North Korean governments tout the historic nature of the meeting, their talks do not appear to have yielded any new commitment to denuclearization.

April 20, 2020 – The United States monitors intelligence that suggests Kim you are in serious danger after having previous surgery, according to a US official with direct knowledge. Another US official told CNN that Kim’s health concerns are credible, but the severity is difficult to assess.

May 2, 2020 – Kim made a appearance at a May Day celebration, in which he was photographed smoking and laughing, North Korean state media reported. This would be the leader’s first public appearance in about three weeks after global speculation about his health.

January 9, 2021 – Kim says North Korea is developing new weapons, including a nuclear powered submarine, tactical nukes, and advanced warheads designed to penetrate missile defense systems.

June 16, 2021 – KCNA reports that Kim admitted that her country faces food shortage which he attributed to the typhoon and floods last year, months after he urged people to undertake another “Arduous March” while addressing a high-level political rally.

June 30, 2021 – State media are reporting that Kim fired several senior officials who failed to enforce North Korea’s strict covid-19 prevention, a breach of duty that the young dictator says he will have. “serious consequences” for the impoverished and isolated nation.

October 12, 2021 – Kim says North Korean weapons are necessary to defend the country against a “hostile” AmericaKCNA reports. Kim makes the remarks against a backdrop of missiles, including what analysts believe to be one of the world’s largest ballistic missiles, at the Defense Development Exhibition to mark the 76th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea. from North.