Kim Jong Un tracker — public appearances, weapons tests and summits
✦Every reported public move by North Korea’s Kim Jong Un — weapons tests he oversees, military and factory inspections, summits with Russia and China, party meetings, speeches and his daughter’s appearances at his side — collected from 310+ graded news outlets and government sources, in one place. Latest: “(LEAD) N. Korea's Kim stresses importance of agriculture, vows to improve rural life” (Yonhap, 29m ago).
Public actions log
✦No public action by Kim Jong Un has been reported since WARNPOINT started this log 3 days ago.
Built automatically from headlines that say Kim Jong Un did something — oversaw a test, inspected a unit or factory, met a leader, chaired a meeting, gave a speech, sent a message. Most come from North Korean state media (KCNA), usually a day after the event. Plans, other people’s comments about him, rumours and analysis are left out. One row per day and type. Faded rows come from a single outlet that is not A/B graded.
Latest Kim Jong Un headlines
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Party & succession
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Timeline · key moments
✦- Sep 3, 2025Attends the Beijing military parade alongside Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin
- Jun 19, 2024Hosts Putin in Pyongyang; they sign a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty with a mutual-defence clause
- Sep 13, 2023Meets Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East
- Jan 2021Named General Secretary of the Workers’ Party at its Eighth Congress
- Jun 30, 2019Meets Trump at the DMZ; Trump steps into North Korea
- Apr 25, 2019First summit with Vladimir Putin, in Vladivostok
- Feb 28, 2019Hanoi summit with Trump ends early without a deal
- Jun 12, 2018Meets Donald Trump in Singapore — the first US–North Korea summit
- Apr 27, 2018Meets South Korea’s Moon Jae-in at Panmunjom — the first North Korean leader to step into the South
- Nov 29, 2017Declares the “completion” of North Korea’s state nuclear force after the Hwasong-15 ICBM test
- Feb 13, 2017His half-brother Kim Jong Nam is killed with VX nerve agent at Kuala Lumpur airport; South Korea and the US blame North Korea, which denies it
- Dec 2013State media announce the execution of his uncle Jang Song Thaek
- Feb 12, 2013Third nuclear test — the first under his rule
- Apr 11, 2012Named First Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea
- Dec 17, 2011Kim Jong Il dies; state media name Kim Jong Un the “great successor” two days later
- Sep 2010Made a four-star general and vice-chairman of the party’s Central Military Commission — his first public titles
Key facts
✦- Born
- January 8 — North Korea has not published the year; South Korean and US government records give 1984
- Father
- Kim Jong Il, leader from 1994 until his death on December 17, 2011
- Grandfather
- Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founding leader, died July 8, 1994
- First public titles
- Made a four-star general and vice-chairman of the party’s Central Military Commission in September 2010
- Supreme Commander
- Named Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army on December 30, 2011
- Party leader
- First Secretary of the Workers’ Party from April 11, 2012; Chairman from May 2016; General Secretary from January 2021
- State post
- Chairman of the State Affairs Commission from June 29, 2016
- Wife
- Ri Sol Ju, first identified by state media in July 2012
- Daughter
- Named by South Korea’s intelligence service as Kim Ju Ae; first shown by state media in November 2022, at an ICBM launch
Specialist sources
- NK News — Seoul-based news site covering only North Korea, incl. Kim’s appearancesnothing on this beat in the last 30 days
- 38 North — Stimson Center analysis, incl. satellite imagery of sites he visitsnothing on this beat in the last 30 days
- Yonhap — South Korea’s national news agency — relays KCNA reports and Seoul’s assessments(LEAD) N. Korea's Kim stresses importance of agriculture, vows to improve rural life · 29m ago
- Daily NK — reporting from sources inside North Koreanothing on this beat in the last 30 days
- Korea Herald — South Korean English-language dailynothing on this beat in the last 30 days
- Radio Free Asia — US-funded broadcaster with a Korean servicenothing on this beat in the last 30 days
Questions people ask
What has Kim Jong Un done most recently?
Nothing has been reported by two or more outlets in WARNPOINT’s records (3 days). The log updates every 15 minutes from 310+ news sources.
How old is Kim Jong Un?
North Korea gives his birthday as January 8 but has never published the year. South Korean and US government records give 1984.
When did Kim Jong Un take power?
After his father Kim Jong Il died on December 17, 2011. He was named Supreme Commander of the army on December 30, 2011 and First Secretary of the Workers’ Party on April 11, 2012.
Has Kim Jong Un met Donald Trump?
Three times in 2018–2019: in Singapore (June 12, 2018), in Hanoi (February 27–28, 2019) and at the DMZ in Panmunjom (June 30, 2019).
Has Kim Jong Un met Vladimir Putin?
Yes — in Vladivostok (April 25, 2019), at the Vostochny Cosmodrome (September 13, 2023), in Pyongyang (June 19, 2024, when they signed a mutual-defence treaty) and in Beijing (September 2025).
Where does this information come from?
From 310+ news outlets WARNPOINT reads around the clock — including NK News, 38 North, Yonhap, Daily NK and international wires — each graded for reliability. Most reports of his activities come from North Korean state media (KCNA, Rodong Sinmun), graded S and labelled; they are usually published the day after the event. Nothing on this page is AI-written.