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Kim Jong-un

Arcs in the news about Kim Jong-un from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 206 stories · 1,276 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 12, 2023

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All arcs2 named arcs in 2026

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Sep 1 – Sep 30, 20261 arc shown · 1 more this September
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North Korea's missile tests and Kim Jong Un's terms for talks with Trump

2 of 25 stories this September

N. Korea fires missiles toward sea · 13 articles, Sep 11South Korea says North Korea launched a ballistic missile and another projectile toward the sea · 22 articles, Sep 20
The Russia-Ukraine war: the front line and the long-range strikes · Dec 27, 2023 – Sep 29, 2026

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2023326 articles20241456 articles2025565 articles20261918 articles

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Oct 30, 202335215
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Feb 3, 20250227
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Mar 2, 20262013
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Aug 31, 20260011
Sep 7, 2026413551
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Sep 21, 2026468841797

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else29 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Kim Jong-un that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Sep 9– 10South Korea trying to learn if Kim Jong Un has a son but daughter’s status as heir appears solid6 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 2 right
  2. Aug 19– 20Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister says she is ‘completely unaware’ if he contacted Trump16 articles · 13 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 2 right
  3. Aug 18– 21Trump plans to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un27 articles · 22 independent sources
    1 left, 9 center, 5 right
  4. Aug 16– 22U.S.-South Korea military drill wraps up early, a day after North Korea's missile barrage238 articles · 78 independent sources
    19 left, 38 center, 15 right
  5. Jul 10North Korea vows boost to nuclear buildup, military intelligence4 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  6. Jun 5– 9Xi and Kim push for greater ties between China and North Korea22 articles · 21 independent sources
    1 left, 7 center, 3 right
  7. Apr 6It's fair to view Kim Jong Un's teen daughter as his heir, Seoul spy agency says6 articles · 6 independent sources
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  8. Mar 24Kim Jong Un vows to 'irreversibly' cement North Korea’s nuclear status5 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 0 center, 1 right
  9. Mar 12Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter fire pistols at North Korean shooting range5 articles · 5 independent sources
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  10. Feb 19North Korean leader deploys 50 new rocket launchers ahead of major party congress8 articles · 8 independent sources
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Stories that name Kim Jong-un

  1. Sep 23South Korea's Lee presses for U.S.-North Korea talks at U.N.2 articles · 2 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 0 right
  2. Sep 22North Korea touts new weapons system described as hypersonic5 articles · 5 independent sources
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  3. Sep 18– 24CNN and MS NOW reporters back at White House, hours after judge ordered Trump to lift ban1115 articles · 164 independent sources
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  4. Sep 13– 14North Korea says its recent live-fire drill demonstrated ‘huge destructive power’11 articles · 11 independent sources
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  5. Sep 7– 8Russia and North Korea open the first road link across shared border21 articles · 14 independent sources
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  6. Sep 7– 8North Korea adds second destroyer as US, South Korea and Japan hold military exercise27 articles · 22 independent sources
    1 left, 9 center, 0 right
  7. Aug 24– 26Trump's Kim gambit deepens doubts over US reliability8 articles · 2 independent sources
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  8. Aug 24– 25US cancels joint marine drills with South Korea over Iran war-related force constraints7 articles · 7 independent sources
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  9. Aug 19– 21Trump warns of ‘economic D-Day’ against Iran, but Tehran is well acquainted with sanctions38 articles · 30 independent sources
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  10. Aug 19– 20Trump claims North Korea has 57 nuclear weapons5 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
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