Kim Jong-un marks anniversary of state founder's death with midnight mausoleum visit as personality cult expands The tribute highlighted Kim Jong-un’s claim to the ruling "Paektu bloodline" as North Korea intensifies efforts to elevate his own image and reinforce internal unity. 2026.7.8
Chinese boat collides with Coast Guard after pursuit by North Korean patrol vessel The incursion of a North Korean sea patrol that crossed the inter-Korean maritime border in the Yellow Sea on Saturday in pursuit of a Chinese fishing vessel led to a minor collision between a South Korean Coast Guard patrol and the Chinese boat. 2023.4.16
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits late father's mausoleum North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the mausoleum of his late grandfather and father in his first reported public activity this year, according to Pyongyang's state media Monday. 2023.1.2
![A photo released on Friday by Pyongyang's state-controlled Rodong Sinmun shows the launch of what state media called a new Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile the previous day. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11697560.jpg?imageId=11697560&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, front row, visits the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the bodies of state founder and his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, and his father, Kim Jong-il, are enshrined, on New Year's Day on Jan. 1, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported the next day. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11357470.jpg?imageId=11357470&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)