In North Korea, Kim’s Birthday Passes Quietly

North Korea marked Kim Jong Un’s birthday Sunday in a decidedly low-key manner.    Though the young leader’s birthday is well-known throughout the country, it has yet to be celebrated with the kind of adulatory festivities that accompany the birthdays of his late grandfather and father. Pyongyang residents did what they do every second Sunday of the new year — joined in sports events.    Kim Jong Un, who is believed to be 33 or 34 and the world’s youngest head of...

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