"Kim Jong Un's 40th Birthday Goes Uncelebrated Amid Speculation"
TL;DR
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un turned 40 with no public celebrations, unlike his predecessors, possibly due to concerns about attention to his late Japan-born mother and his young age. His pursuit of a bigger nuclear arsenal has invited punishing U.S.-led sanctions, and he has admitted policy failures. Despite facing little political challenge, he is expected to intensify weapons tests ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November.
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- North Korea's Kim turns 40. But there are no public celebrations of his birthday The Associated Press
- North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Is Turning 40. Maybe. NBC News
- Why Kim Jong Un is not celebrating 40th birthday because of his mother Hindustan Times
- Kim Jong Un: 5 waxyaabood oo aynaan ka garanayn hogaamiyaha ugu sarreeya Kuuriyada Waqooyi BBC.com
- North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un believed to have turned 40, but state media continues its silence on his birthday ABC News
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