In his New Year address, Kim said there would be faster progress on denuclearisation if the United States takes corresponding action
This marked the first field inspection by the North Korean leader of a weapons test since November 2017, when he viewed the testing of the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile
Last month, the Kremlin said Putin had extended an invitation to Kim to visit Russia and that Moscow was working on the details of where and when that meeting could happen
Kim is understood to have briefed the Chinese President on his meeting in Singapore last week
This visit is coming a week after Kim Jong-Un met Trump in Singapore for historic talks
The trip marked a rare outing in a modern metropolis for a reclusive leader who presides over one of the world's poorest countries
North Korean dictator goes on a diplomatic blitz after saber-rattling won him a coveted nuclear summit with President Donald Trump
An excellent 2015 film called Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography, currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, gives us a preliminary assessment of the man incharge of the communist nation
Kim Jong Un is preparing for a high-stakes summit with US President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12
He's proven to be a skillful diplomat who can use humor, humility and flattery to achieve his goals
17% said he was 'very trustworthy'; 86 percent also viewed South Korean President Moon Jae-in positively
Kim Jong-Un is understood to have reiterated his commitment to the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula
If confirmed, this would be Kim's first known trip outside North Korea since taking power in 2011
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This is the first time the autocrat has met face-to-face with anyone from across the Korean divide, since he took power in 2011
The question now is whether the US and South Korea can stay united in keeping up the pressure on North Korea just as sanctions limiting export revenue and curbing fuel imports start to bite
Moon Jae-in's office provided conflicting accounts of whether he would go
Moon Jae-in met Kim Yo Jong and the North's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam for talks and lunch at the Blue House on Saturday
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South Korea's unification minister Cho Myoung-Gyon said Seoul was "reiterating our willingness to hold talks with the North at any time and place in any form".