The month of June was significant for the leadership of North Korea primarily due to a major political event near the end of the month, the fourth session of the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly, and the changes formalized therein. The meeting itself and the declared changes in the DPRK government follow from the Seventh Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea held in May. Both events served to further formalize and symbolize the rule of Kim Jong Un as distinct from that of his father and grandfather, though loyal to their legacies.

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