North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited Kim Il Sung University of Politics on the 80th anniversary of its founding, stressing that "arms without ideology are little short of ironware," according to North's state media on Tuesday.

Kim Jong Un, the third Supreme Leader of North Korea since December 2011, is one of the most protected heads of states. According t reports, he has more than 10 secret houses which are heavily protected,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country has come a long way in building a powerful army but weapons without ideology are simply "ironware", as he stressed loyalty to some of its most elite military cohorts,

It discloses the North Korean leader’s birthplace for the first time, along with his year of birth. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Cheong Seong-chang, director of the Center for Korean Peninsula Strategy at the Sejong Institute, is a longtime observer of North Korea and has closely followed the reclusive regime's two previous successions: before and after Kim Il-sung's sudden death in 1994 and Kim Jong-il's sudden death in 2011.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscored the importance of ideology in the nations military, stating that weapons alone are merely ironware without political and moral strength. Speaking at Kim Il Sung University