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A banner attached to a balloon with images of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the late leader Kim Il-sung, and Kim Yo-jong, released by Fighters For Free North Korea in Hongcheon, South Korea, in 2020. The North has repeatedly warned it would retaliate against leaflets and other information being distributed over the border.

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Kim Jong-un in June. Rumours of his ill health surface regularly.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, centre, attends an emergency Politburo meeting in Pyongyang last month.

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The North Korean leader, in a striking admission, said his "people's living standard has not been improved remarkably".

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This photo provided by the North Korean government shows the explosion of an inter-Korean liaison office building in Kaesong, North Korea, on Tuesday.

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The Kim regime says it will also re-arm the areas along the DMZ, nullifying tension-reducing deals reached with South Korea just two years ago.

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