Update at 17:10 KST on Apr. 16: This article has been updated to include additional details of the supreme commander emblem’s removal from Kim Il Sung Square.

North Koreans have long revered Kim Jong Un’s official symbol — a gold star surrounded by rubies and diamonds displayed prominently across the nation. 

But now, the symbol has been taken down from Kim Il Sung Square and its decades-old spot near Pyongyang Station, along with a slogan calling on everyone to “follow the marshal,” meaning the North Korean leader. In recent weeks, a symbol and slogan representing the ruling Workers’ Party of