http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged Kim Jong Un en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 21:57:18 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/entertainment/china-falls-for-onions-sexy-kim-joke/ A CHINESE Communist Party newspaper reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been named 2012's "Sexiest Man Alive." The People's Daily website published two paragraphs lifted word-for-word from satirical US website The Onion, along with a photo gallery of 55 images of Kim, who took over as the North's leader after his father Kim Jong-Il died last December. The newspaper, known for keeping to the Communist Party line, described the organisation... ]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:51:24 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/entertainment/china-falls-for-onions-sexy-kim-joke/ http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/north-korea-military-warns-of-special-actions-soon/ North Korea's military vowed Monday to launch unspecified "special actions" soon meant to reduce South Korea's conservative government and media companies "to ashes" in less that four minutes, in an escalation of its recent threats. North Korea regularly criticizes Seoul and just last week renewed its promise to wage a "sacred war," saying South Korean President Lee Myung-bak had insulted the North's April 15 celebrations of the birth centennial of national found... ]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:50:09 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/north-korea-military-warns-of-special-actions-soon/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/kim-jong-un-on-north-koreas-rocket-launch-fail/ Kim Jong Un on North Korea's Rocket Launch Fail ]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:13:06 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/kim-jong-un-on-north-koreas-rocket-launch-fail/ http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/north-korea-rocket-fueled-liftoff-is-imminent/ Fighter jets roared through the skies over downtown Pyongyang on Thursday as the world watched to see whether North Korea would defy international warnings and launch a long-range rocket over the Yellow Sea. The five-day window for the launch of a rocket mounted with an observation satellite opened Thursday as North Koreans woke to details about developments at a Workers' Party conference where leader Kim Jong Un ascended to top posts and brought with him a new generation of officia... ]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:08:18 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/north-korea-rocket-fueled-liftoff-is-imminent/ http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/twitter-rumor-claims-death-of-korean-leader-kim-jong-un/ A team of trained ninja assassins snuck into North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's room overnight and assassinated the new leader while he was on a business trip in Beijing -- if rumors spreading across microblogging service Twitter and its Chinese counterpart Weibo are to be believed, that is. The rumors -- unsubstantiated by any major news service or government agency -- started on the Chinese language Twitter clone earlier today, claiming Jong-Un had been killed in his residence ]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:42:23 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/twitter-rumor-claims-death-of-korean-leader-kim-jong-un/ http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/north-korea-dont-expect-us-to-change-policies/ North Korea warned the world Friday there would be no softening of its position toward South Korea's government after Kim Jong Il's death as Pyongyang strengthened his son and heir's authority with a new title: Great Leader. North Korea's powerful National Defense Commission said that the country would never deal with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, a conservative who stopped a no-strings-attached aid policy toward the North in 2008. ]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:17:40 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/north-korea-dont-expect-us-to-change-policies/