How old is Kim Jong-un, how tall is he and who are his wife and sister?
But very little is known about the dictator behind the military regime. Here is everything we do know.
Who is Kim Jong-un?
Kim is the second child of his predecessor as Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-il and his wife Kim Yong-hui.
North Korean authorities have stated that his birth date is January 8, 1982, but South Korean intelligence officials believe the actual date is a year later.
Chicago Bulls legend Dennis Rodman, who is a friend of the dictator, said he was born on January 8, 1983.
But records at the Swiss school he attended say he was born on July 5, 1984 putting him anywhere between 33 and 36 years of age.
Kim attended an English language school near Bern before later going to the Liebefeld Steinhölzli school in Koniz using the name "Pak Un".
And it was during his time in Europe where he is said to have developed his passions for cheese and basketball.
His old mates at the German-speaking Liebefeld-Steinhölzli public school say Kim was a "funny, popular boy."
Like everybody else at the school, Mr Micaelo was introduced to Kim as “Pak Un” and told he was the son of a North Korean embassy official.
He said one day Kim told him who he really was, but he dismissed the story as fantasy.
In March Kim slipped into China for a "unofficial visit" to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping ahead of talks with US President Donald Trump.
Later, in May, he returned to China for another meeting with the Chinese ruler as part of a programme of diplomacy over North Korea's nuclear programme ahead of the US summit.
Who are Kim Jong-un's family?
Kim Jong-un has two full siblings, an older brother named Kim Jong-chul and a younger sister named Kim Yo-jong.
He had an older half-brother named Kim Jong-nam who was assassinated in Kuala Lumpur Airport after being attacked by two women.
Kim Yo-jong is in the director of North Korea's Propaganda and Agitation Department and is an alternate member of the Politburo, and travelled to Pyeonchang, South Korea, for the Winter Olympics in 2018.
On July 25, 2012, North Korean state media reported for the first time that Kim Jong-un was married to Ri Sol-ju.
Despot Kim has fathered three children with his wife – who is believed to have once visited South Korea as part of a cheerleading squad.
According to previous intelligence reports, Ri married the dictator in 2009 and gave birth to their first child the following year, with their second born in 2013.
Former NBA star Rodman, following his trip to the country in 2013, has been the only source of information about the couple's second child – a baby girl named Kim Ju-ae.
Saying that he had held Kim's daughter in his arms, Rodman described the North Korean leader as "a good dad" who has "a good family".
South Korean intelligence reports have described Ri as coming from an ordinary family, with her father an academic and her mother a doctor.
First Lady Ri reportedly had the couple’s third child in February 2017 after vanishing from public view throughout most of her pregnancy.
When did he become North Korea's Supreme Leader?
His half brother had been favourite to succeed Kim Jong-il before he fell out of favour after a failed attempt to visit Tokyo Disneyland on a fake passport.
He died on December 17, 2011, and it had been initially rumoured his brother in law Jang Song-thaek would act as regent as Kim Jong-un was too young.
Kim Jong-un was formally announced as his father's successor on Boxing Day 2011.
Two years later Jang Song-thaek, Jong-un's uncle, would be executed in one of Kim's first purges.
Despite being Supreme Leader of the reclusive state he is technically not the head of it.
That honour belongs to his grandfather Kim Il-sung who was declared the "Eternal President" on his death in 1994.
What's the latest?
The dictator's latest venture is creating his own clothing line with EDIBLE coats, so that his subjects don't starve.
North Korea’s regime says the jackets, revealed in a glossy catalogue, are ideal for “people engaged in sailing, exploration and mountain climbing” who may get stranded.
A listing reads: “Clothing made of artificial flannelette fabrics composed of trace elements such as protein, amino acids, fruit juice, magnesium, iron and calcium can be eaten to avoid starvation.”
Clothes for women include Chanel jacket rip-offs and cut-price versions of Gucci handbags.
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