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Dictator Kim Jong-un is WORSE than his father, says North Korea defector Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. Dictator Kim Jong-un is WORSE than his father, says North Korea defector. NORTH Korea dictator Kim Jong-un is crueller and more dangerous than his father, according to a Pyongyang defector. Lee Young-guk served as a bodyguard to the late Kim Jong il for more than a decade but relinquished the post just before his boss took power in 1994.
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- The current leader of North Korea is Kim-Jong Il. He gained power when his father died. Recently Kim-Jong Il signed a document saying that when he dies, his son will be the ne…w leader of North Korea.
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Chinese Annoyance With North Korea Bubbles to the Surface Still, the parlous state of the relationship between North Korea and China was on display again Wednesday when Pyongyang commemorated the third anniversary of the death of Kim Jong-il, the father of the current leader, Kim Jong-un, and failed to invite a senior Chinese official.
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Death Doesn't End Rule of Kim Il Sung, 'Eternal President' North Korea announced today that it had revised its Constitution to make its late ''Great Leader,'' Kim Il Sung, the country's ''eternal President.''.
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Who is the President of North Korea? Kim Il-Sung is the 'Eternal President' of North Korea. He first became President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on December 28, 1972, and was made Eternal President on July 8, 1994 after his death. His son Kim Jong-Il became the 'Supreme Leader' of North Korea after his death.
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- According to the Chosun Ilbo daily, General Kim Chol, who served as vice minister of the Army, was executed by a firing squad in January on the order to leave no trace of him behind, down to his hair given by Kim Jong-un, who took over as head of state after the death of his father in December 2011.
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- Kim Jong Un, his father and grandfather have ruled North Korea since 1948, steering the country through war, famine and nuclear tests. read more see less playlist
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United States The third arm of North Korea's government is the Politburo of the Central People’s Committee, which serves as the country's policy-making institution. Every resident of North Korea, including its top leaders, is a member of the communist Korean Workers' Party.
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Asia's Worst Dictators Nursultan Nazarbayev is the dictator of Kazakhstan, Central Asia. Getty Images Nursultan Nazarbayev has served as the first and only president of Kazakhstan since 1990.
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Kim Jong-un Kim Jong-un became North Korea's Supreme Leader following the death of his father Kim Jong-il on 17 December 2011. He took over his father's duties of looking at things-but also oversaw increased tensions with South Korea and America.
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North Korea President Kim Jong-un Feeds Uncle to the Dogs North Korea President Kim Jong-un Feeds Uncle to the Dogs. While the president of North Korea Kim Jong-un watched, the dogs were turned loose. As his uncle stood, naked and shivering, at the gate of the wire cage, five of his trusted advisors joined him, ready to die. They had stayed with him during his rise – and fall – as North Korea’s second most powerful leader.
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North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK or DPR Korea), is a sovereign state in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang is the nation's capital and largest city.
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Kim Jong-un Kim Jong-un became North Korea's Supreme Leader following the death of his father Kim Jong-il on 17 December 2011.
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North Korea continues to brutalise its people and yet we do nothing The tale of Shin Dong-hyuk, North Korea's only concentration camp escapee, exposes the regime's real face, writes Emily Dyer. Shin Dong-hyuk, one of the few known survivors of North Korea's prison camps, travelled to London last week to share his experiences in Parliament at an event held by the Henry Jackson Society. Shin, born into Kaechon internment camp (Camp 14), endured twenty two years of punishment for the supposed crimes of his parents.
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Whatâs Going on in North Korea What’s going on in murky North Korea? I’ll bet even the US National Security Agency doesn’t know. The world was shocked last week to learn that North Korea’s boyish dynastic leader, Kim Jong-un, has ordered the public arrest, then swift execution of his uncle by marriage, Jang Song-thaek. Jang was viewed as the North’s second most powerful person.
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How Kim Jong Il Starved North Korea It was against this background that the Kim Jong Il took power. The country was at a crossroads, says Marcus Noland, a leading expert on North Korea at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. With the USSR gone, the prospects for a small, isolated, neo-Stalinist regime looked rather grim.
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- President Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush, allowed North Korea's nuclear escalation to take a backseat to other threats, like Iran, largely dismissing Kim's threats to burn Seoul and Manhattan down to ashes as bluffs and posturing.
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North Korea: Government Head of Government: Premier Pak Pong-ju Overview Government Name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea Constitution: Adopted: 1942; Last amended in 2012. Establishes status as a socialist state and defined as a dictatorship of people's democracy. People have civil and political rights but they are superseded by safeguarding the political and ideological unity of the people. Government Type:
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"Mike Pence says North Korea ""provocation"" reminder of risks to military" Mike Pence says North Korea provocation reminder of risks to military. SEOUL, South Korea -- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that North Korea’s “provocation” underscored the risks faced by American and South Korean service members, hours after the North conducted a failed missile launch shortly before Pence’s arrival.
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North Korea -History, People and Nuclear Weapons North Korea-History, People and Nuclear Weapons. For over 50 years North Korea has been an authoritarian country. It is still one of the few countries in the world that is ruled by a Communist dictator.
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- Father's shadow. Ms Park, 61, is no stranger to South Korea's presidential house. She is the daughter of former President Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea for almost two decades. At the age of just 22, she was thrust into the political limelight, becoming South Korea's first lady when her mother was shot dead in 1974 - hit by a North Korean assassin's bullet that was intended for her husband.
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- Quick Answer. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, known more commonly as North Korea, is a communist state and a dictatorship. Chief of State Kim Jong-un and Premier Pak Pong-ju oversee federal government matters from the nation's capital, Pyongyang. While Pak Pong-ju is head of the nation's government, Kim Jong-un leads the National Defense Commission of North Korea.
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- What type of government does North Korea have? A: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, known more commonly as North Korea, is a communist state and a dictatorship. Chief of State Kim Jong-un and Premier Pak Pong-ju oversee federal government matters from the nation's capital, Pyongyang.
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Understanding Kim Jong Un, The Worldâs Most Enigmatic and Unpredictable Dictator Kim is, in fact, playing a deadly game, says Andrei Lankov, a Russian expert on Korea who attended Kim Il Sung University, in Pyongyang, in 1984 and 1985, and now teaches at Kookmin University, in Seoul.
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So much for their nuclear weapon threatsâ¦ North Korea IS Un-armed! Dictator Kim reveals wrist injury as he tours weapons factory So much for their nuclear weapon threats… North Korea IS Un-armed! Dictator Kim reveals wrist injury as he tours weapons factory. Disarming images of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un have emerged - apparently showing that he has hurt his wrist. The 32-year-old was inspecting a weapons factory in the country's capital of Pyongyang in a visit filmed by North Korean Central TV. The footage shows the mysterious dictator waving and smiling to the crowds, with his right-hand wrist wrapped up in a white bandage.
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Egyptian President Al-Sisi is a Dictator, Not a Reformer of Islam Egyptian President Al-Sisi is a Dictator, Not a Reformer of Islam. It’s ironic that a number of (mostly right wing) commentators have been invoking the ideals of freedom of speech and expression while praising an authoritarian leader who has cracked down on these freedoms more than any of his nation’s authoritarian predecessors.