Kim Jong-un is the current supreme leader of North Korea. He was born January 8, 1983. He succeeded his father, Kim Jong-il, after his death on December 17th 2011, and though he has no formal military training, has threatened the United States with nuclear missiles. At 30 years of age, he is the worlds youngest head of state. According to one site, “he was obsessed with basketball and computer games [when he was young]”(Kim Jong-un 1). There has been one confirmed assassination attempt on March 14, 2012 in response to the demotion of Reconnaissance General Bureau director Kim Yong-chol in November 2012. Numerous human right violations have been reported. They have Started with Jong-il and continued through Jong-un. These violations include ordering to kill defectors, public executions, and sending people to political prison camps. In addition, Kim Jong-un has threatened the United States multiple times with nuclear missiles yet as far as we can tell, they do not have the technology to reach us. Though he is not a threat as of now to the US mainland, he is someone we
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