Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during a ceremony marking ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his vice premier and railed against "incompetent" officials in a rare and very public broadside against apparatchiks at the opening of a critical factory, ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his vice premier, compared him to a goat and railed against "incompetent" officials, state media said Tuesday, in a rare and very public broadside against ...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed a vice premier over troubles in a factory modernization project, an apparent move to tighten discipline among officials and push them ...

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the completion of a first-stage modernization project at the ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the completion of a first-stage modernization project at the Ryongsong Machine Complex in North Korea Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.