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'''Kim Jong-un''' is the dictator of [[North Korea]], son of the former dictator [[Kim Jong-Il]], and grandson of the first ruler of the nation [[Kim Il-sung]]. In December 2011 he was formally declared successor to his father as supreme leader. Officially, he hold the titles of First Secretary of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]], First Chairman of the National Defense Commission, Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. He is a [[Communist]] and an [[atheism|atheist]].  

'''Kim Jong-un''' is the dictator of [[North Korea]], son of the former dictator [[Kim Jong-Il]], and grandson of the first ruler of the nation [[Kim Il-sung]]. In December 2011 he was formally declared successor to his father as supreme leader. Officially, he hold the titles of First Secretary of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]], First Chairman of the National Defense Commission, Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. He is a [[Communist]] and an [[atheism|atheist]].  

Like his father before him, Kim Jong-un has a reputation for a hot temper and being very easily offended, which frequently leads to threats of declarations of war and attacks against [[South Korea]], [[Japan]] and the [[United States]] when he does not get his way or he gets offended over perceived slights, whether real or imaginary.<ref>[http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/global-war-approaches-north-korea-warns-single-bullet-fired-will-nuke-united-states/ Global War Approaches: North Korea Warns: "If A Single Bullet Is Fired We WILL Nuke The United States"] at Sons of Liberty Media</ref> Kim Jong-un is known for his personality cult, his [[obesity]] is an example of this, for a country with a famine even large as the half of Africa<ref>http://asiasociety.org/famine-north-korea</ref>

Like his father before him, Kim Jong-un has a reputation for a hot temper and being very easily offended, which frequently leads to threats of declarations of war and attacks against [[South Korea]], [[Japan]] and the [[United States]] when he does not get his way or he gets offended over perceived slights, whether real or imaginary.<ref>[http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/global-war-approaches-north-korea-warns-single-bullet-fired-will-nuke-united-states/ Global War Approaches: North Korea Warns: "If A Single Bullet Is Fired We WILL Nuke The United States"] at Sons of Liberty Media</ref> Kim Jong-un is known for his personality cult, his [[obesity]] is an example of this, for a country with a famine even large as the half of Africa.<ref>http://asiasociety.org/famine-north-korea</ref>

== Tenure as supreme leader ==

== Tenure as supreme leader of a country destroyed by communism ==

In April 2012 large portraits of [[Vladimir Lenin]] and [[Karl Marx]] were removed from [[Pyongyang]]'s Kim Il-sung Square, presumably on Kim Jong-un's orders. While this may signal an ideological change on the part of the regime, the Workers' Party stopped referring to North Korea as a [[Marxist-Leninist]] state decades ago, substituting Kim Il-sung's philosophy of self-reliance, known as ''[[Juche]]''.<ref>http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/NK02Dg01.html</ref>

In April 2012 large portraits of [[Vladimir Lenin]] and [[Karl Marx]] were removed from [[Pyongyang]]'s Kim Il-sung Square, presumably on Kim Jong-un's orders. While this may signal an ideological change on the part of the regime, the Workers' Party stopped referring to North Korea as a [[Marxist-Leninist]] state decades ago, substituting Kim Il-sung's philosophy of self-reliance, known as ''[[Juche]]''.<ref>http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/NK02Dg01.html</ref>