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Kim Jong-un
![Taking Stock of North Korea's Nuclear Program Taking Stock of North Korea's Nuclear Program](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-18_11-42-53.jpg)
Taking Stock of North Korea's Nuclear Program
By Benjamin David Baker
The latest comments by the country's leader need to be taken with more than a pinch of salt.
![Why Did Kim Jong-un's Showcase Band Cancel Their China Show? Why Did Kim Jong-un's Showcase Band Cancel Their China Show?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-03-26_17-01-15.jpg)
Why Did Kim Jong-un's Showcase Band Cancel Their China Show?
By Bo Zhiyue
Whatever the specifics, the cancellation is a case of two powerful leaders -- Xi and Kim -- clashing.
![North Korean Musical Groups Abruptly Cancel Concerts in Beijing North Korean Musical Groups Abruptly Cancel Concerts in Beijing](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-27_21-36-21.jpg)
North Korean Musical Groups Abruptly Cancel Concerts in Beijing
By Shannon Tiezzi
North Korea's State Merited Chorus and the Moranbong Band left China without performing, and with little explanation.
![North Korea's Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Test Fails North Korea's Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Test Fails](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-11-29_20-08-30.jpg)
North Korea's Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Test Fails
By Ankit Panda
North Korea tested its Bukkeukseong-1/KN-11 missile again. This time, the test may actually have been submarine-launched.
![Senior North Korean Official Gets Sent for 'Re-education' Senior North Korean Official Gets Sent for 'Re-education'](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-11-24_22-46-05.jpg)
Senior North Korean Official Gets Sent for 'Re-education'
By Ankit Panda
Choe Ryong-hae, a senior North Korean official and frequent diplomatic envoy, has been punished for incompetence.
![Funeral List Debunks North Korean Purge Rumors Funeral List Debunks North Korean Purge Rumors](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-10-15_01-42-32.jpg)
Funeral List Debunks North Korean Purge Rumors
By John Power
Two top officials rumored to have been executed have reappeared in elite North Korean politics.
![What Do Chinese Netizens Think of North Korea? What Do Chinese Netizens Think of North Korea?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-13_16-41-29.jpg)
What Do Chinese Netizens Think of North Korea?
By Yang Hengjun
Chinese netizens believe North Korea's current path is not sustainable.
![Could Reunions Presage an Inter-Korea Summit? Could Reunions Presage an Inter-Korea Summit?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-30_13-44-16.jpg)
Could Reunions Presage an Inter-Korea Summit?
By Jack Hands
The are possible benefits for both sides of a presidential summit.
![North Korea's Military Parade: Major Takeaways North Korea's Military Parade: Major Takeaways](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-10_17-54-30.jpg)
North Korea's Military Parade: Major Takeaways
By Ankit Panda
North Korea commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Korean Worker's Party's founding, with China looking on.
![Top Chinese Official Arrives in North Korea for Bilateral Talks Top Chinese Official Arrives in North Korea for Bilateral Talks](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-05-27_16-48-05.jpg)
Top Chinese Official Arrives in North Korea for Bilateral Talks
By Shannon Tiezzi
Liu Yunshan is the first high-ranking Chinese official to visit North Korea in 4 years.
![North Korea’s Rhetoric Hides Its True Intentions North Korea’s Rhetoric Hides Its True Intentions](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-09_02-22-31.jpg)
North Korea’s Rhetoric Hides Its True Intentions
By Jack Hands
Pyongyang’s bellicose language is very carefully calculated.
![The Political Prestige of North Korea’s Agricultural Reforms The Political Prestige of North Korea’s Agricultural Reforms](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-13_13-21-05.jpg)
The Political Prestige of North Korea’s Agricultural Reforms
By Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
Pyongyang seems to have turned its economic reforms into a prestige project -- and that's bad news for real progress.