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General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (since 11 April 2012); Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army (since 17 December 2011); Supreme Leader of North Korea (since 17 December 2011); member of the Supreme People's Assembly (2009–2019)."},{"q":"Where did Kim Jong Un study?","a":"Kim Jong Un was educated at Kim Il-sung University, Kim Il-sung Military University, Liebefeld-Steinhölzli State School."}],"related":[{"name":"Kim Jong Il","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kim-jong-il"},{"name":"Kim Il Sung","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kim-il-sung"},{"name":"Kim Il","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kim-il"},{"name":"Kim Tok-hun","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kim-tok-hun"},{"name":"Pak Song-chol","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pak-song-chol"},{"name":"Choe Yong-rim","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/choe-yong-rim"},{"name":"Hong Song-nam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hong-song-nam"},{"name":"Kim Jae-ryong","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kim-jae-ryong"},{"name":"Kim Yong-il","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kim-yong-il"},{"name":"Pak Pong-ju","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pak-pong-ju"},{"name":"Yon Hyong-muk","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yon-hyong-muk"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/kim-jong-un-716ae7bc68.jpg","width":500,"height":672,"license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"Владимир Смирнов / ТАСС","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kim_Jong-un_and_Vladimir_Putin_(2023-09-13)_12_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Kim Jong Un","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong_Un","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): किम जोङ उन","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%99_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A8","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q56226","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56226","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin (2023-09-13) 12 (cropped).jpg by Владимир Смирнов / ТАСС (CC BY 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kim_Jong-un_and_Vladimir_Putin_(2023-09-13)_12_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Kim Jong Un, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin (2023-09-13) 12 (cropped).jpg — Владимир Смирнов / ТАСС, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"Kim Jong Un\". DigiNepal. Last updated 8 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/kim-jong-un. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-08T02:30:23Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/kim-jong-un","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/kim-jong-un","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/kim-jong-un?lang=ne"}}