Kim Jong-un is the Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. Kim is the second child of Kim Jong-il and his consort Ko Yong-hui.<br /><br />Since the day he became the head of the party and state, Kim has shown that he is committed to the pursuit of nuclear weapons and the advancement of North Korea's missile programme.<br /><br />Kim has also shown himself to be ruthless with the purge of his powerful uncle and his murder. He is also widely attributed for killing his half-brother.<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/nuclear-weapon-in-north-korea" data-type="tilCustomLink">Read about nuclear weapon in north korea</a></strong><br /><br />In July 2012, state media announced that Kim was married to "Comrade Ri Sol-ju". Details surrounding the marriage of Kim to Ri remain unclear. Most reports had suggested that Ri may have been a singer who caught Kim’s attention during a performance.<br /><br />The scientists from Seoul and Tokyo said that “Under the leadership of Kim Jong-Un, North Korea on September 15, 2017 fired an unidentified missile eastwards over Japan.” <br /><br />The launch, from near Pyongyang, came after UN Security Council imposed an eighth set of sanctions on <strong><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/north-korea" data-type="tilCustomLink">North Korea</a></strong> over its banned missile and nuclear programmes. <br /><br />This was done in response to its sixth nuclear test, which was by far its largest, earlier in September 2017, which Pyongyang said was a hydrogen bomb small enough to fit onto a missile. <br /><meta content="cms.next" name="cmsei"/>
