Kim Jong Un rolled onto the scene at North Korea’s April 25 House of Culture and emerged from an imported, black luxury car clutching what appears to be a thick, leather-bound book.
That moment was captured on North Korean state TV this week during the country’s politically-important Eighth Party Congress — a rare and politically-important event where top officials and thousands of delegates from around the country discuss long-term decisions.
Kim Jong Un rolled onto the scene at North Korea’s April 25 House of Culture and emerged from an imported, black luxury car clutching what appears to be a thick, leather-bound book.
That moment was captured on North Korean state TV this week during the country’s politically-important Eighth Party Congress — a rare and politically-important event where top officials and thousands of delegates from around the country discuss long-term decisions.
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