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    Born8 January 1982 · Pyongyang, North Korea
    Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
    SpouseRi Sol-ju (m. 2009)
    Children2 unconfirmed · 1 confirmed: Kim Ju-ae
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    Kim Jong Un Is Doing Everything He Can to Keep North Korea’s Youth in Line
    The dictator, eager to shut out the influence of Hollywood and K-pop, has been exalting a “shock brigade” of 300,000 teens and 20-somethings drafted into flood reconstruction.
    Early life

    North Korean authorities and state-run media have stated that Kim Jong Un was born on 8 January 1982, but South Korean intelligence officials believe that the actual date is a year later, in 1983. The US governmen… See more

    Succession

    Kim Jong Un's eldest half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, had been the favorite to succeed, but reportedly fell out of favor after 2001, when he was caught attempting to enter Japan on a fake passport to visit Tokyo Disn… See more

    Leader of North Korea

    On 17 December 2011, Kim Jong Il died. Despite the elder Kim's plans, it was not immediately clear after his death whether Kim Jong Un would in fact take full power, and what his exact role in a new governmen… See more

    Personal life

    Kenji Fujimoto, a Japanese chef who was Kim Jong Il's personal cook, described Kim Jong Un as "a chip off the old block, a spitting image of his father in terms of face, body shape, and personality". Kim is a fan of basketba… See more

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    Kim Jong-un [5] (born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician and the 3rd and current Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011.

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