Kim Jong-un

In this June 12, 2018, file photo, US President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. 
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks at the ruling party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this Jan. 8, 2021, photo provided by the North Korean government. 
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US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walk together before their working lunch during their summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore.
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A white man with his first raised, with two white men clapping.
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a bowl of Naengmyeon, cold noodles that originates from North Korea
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un walk together
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an old building with large DMZ letters out front
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President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un walk together before their working lunch during their summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore on June 12, 2018.
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A side by side photos shows Donald Trump on the left and Kim Jong-un on the right.
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President Donald Trump talks to the media next with his hands outstretched on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
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Rows of students at Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, a prestigious academy in Pyongyang, sit at computers.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a ballistic rocket launching drill of Hwasong artillery units of the Strategic Force of the KPA on the spot in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, March 7,
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The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson has been deployed to the Korean peninsula.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visits the “Pyongyang Baby Home and Orphanage” on New Year's Day, in this photo released by the government-run Korean Central News Agency.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Korean April 26 Cartoon Film Studio in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
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Arts
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visits a pharmaceutical factory, in an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on November 8, 2014.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches a display at a military air show with Air Force officers in May 2014.
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Yeonmi Park with her family in North Korea
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presides over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Workers' Party of Korea's Central Committee in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang April 9, 2014.
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Kim Jong-un
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Jang Song-thaek in army uniform standing with his nephew and North Korea's top leader, Kim Jong-un, at a military parade in Pyongyang (February of 2012).
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