Kim Jong-un celebrates birthday in week of 'hydrogen bomb' tests

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Millions of people living in North Korea will be expected to join forces to celebrate the birthday of the man who leads the country, Kim Jong-un.

Little is still known about the elusive leader, including exactly when he was born.

Just days before the occasion, the regime made an as-yet unproven claim that it had successfully carried out its first underground hydrogen bomb test.

That triggered a global outcry and fears that the state, which has few allies, had acquired a more advanced nuclear capability than previously known.