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Kim Jong-un has tested more missiles than his father and grandfather combined.

The scary reality behind this image

SINCE assuming power in 2011, Kim Jong-un has been on a missile and nuclear mission, throwing everything at achieving one goal.

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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2017, file photo, a man watches a television screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea said Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 it will make the United States pay a heavy price if a proposal Washington is backing to impose the toughest sanctions ever on Pyongyang is approved by the U.N. Security Council this week. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Kim threatens to ‘reduce US to ashes’

NORTH Korea has made a direct threat to the US and Japan, declaring its nuclear weapons could reduce America “to ashes”.

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(FILES) This undated file picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 19, 2015 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C), accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-Ju (L), enjoying a joint performance by the state merited chorus and the Moranbong band for celebrating the 70th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the Ryugyong Chung Ju-yung gymnasium in Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has fathered another child, reports said on August 29, 2017, after his wife dropped out of the public eye for several months. First lady Ri Sol-Ju delivered the couple's third child in February, the Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday, citing South Korean lawmakers who were briefed by the National Intelligence Service. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. /

The strange world of Kim Jong-un

NORTH Korea’s leader loves basketball, western music Houston and missiles. Yet there’s so much the world doesn’t know about him.

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BAENGNYEONG ISLAND, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 06: In this handout photo released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, South Korean marines participate in an exercise on September 6, 2017 in Baengnyeong Island, South Korea. The exercise aims to defend a front-line island. (Photo by South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images)

Inside Korea’s elite decapitation unit

SOUTH Korea is targeting its rival’s leadership with the establishment of an elite fighting unit. Its main goal: terrifying Kim.

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US President Donald Trump speaks about Hurricane Irma upon return to the White House in Washington, DC on September 10, 2017. Trump returned to Washington after spending the weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN

Modern political history’s ‘big mistake’

A MAN who was once Donald Trump’s staunchest political ally has accused the president of making a colossal blunder.

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TOPSHOT - This picture taken on July 4, 2017 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 5, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) celebrating the successful test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location. South Korea and the United States fired off missiles on July 5 simulating a precision strike against North Korea's leadership, in response to a landmark ICBM test described by Kim Jong-Un as a gift to "American bastards". / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. /

Countries fuelling Kim’s ambition

EXPERTS agree there’s no way North Korea could have developed its weapons program solo with fingers pointed in a few directions.

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Desmond Tutu letter to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi. Picture: Facebook

Brutally honest letter schools the world

WRITTEN from one Nobel Peace prize winner to another, this brutally honest, but powerful letter shows how diplomacy should be done.

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This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 10, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (front 2nd L) attending an art performance dedicated to nuclear scientists and technicians, who worked on a hydrogen bomb which the regime claimed to have successfully tested, at the People's Theatre in Pyongyang. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. /

What Kim Jong-un really wants

WE’RE all terrified that Kim Jong-un will start a nuclear war, but there’s another reason why he is building up his arsenal of missiles.

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Big mistakes parents of teens are making

AN EXPERT has dished the dirt on the biggest problems affecting teenage girls today and revealed exactly how parents are getting it so very wrong.

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(FILES) This file photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on August 29, 2017 and released on August 30, 2017 shows North Korea's intermediate-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 lifting off from the launching pad at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang. Nuclear-armed North Korea's testing of long-range missiles that could possibly reach US soil has kindled debate in Japan and South Korea about developing their own nuclear deterrent, prompting fears of a North East Asian arms race. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. TO GO WITH NKorea-nucelar-missile-Japan-SKorea-politics, FOCUS by Shingo Ito and Park Chan-Kyong /

N Korea preparing missile launch

A “GRAVE situation” is emerging amid predictions Kim Jong-un will conduct another missile test on his country’s national day.

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