Kim Jong Un made 13 public appearances in March, a slight increase from his ten appearances in the previous month and from his nine public activities in March last year.

The rise in Kim’s public profile owed to his visit to Hanoi for the second summit with the U.S. President and an “official goodwill visit” to Vietnam.

After Kim’s return home from Hanoi on March 5, Kim carried out only three public activities: voting in the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) elections on March 10; guiding a military meeting on March 25-26; and taking a