After Kim's Paektu visit, North Korea strongly hints at looming hard-line move



Analysis After Kim’s Paektu visit, North Korea strongly hints at looming hard-line move Follow-up media campaign following Kim Jong Un’s mountain trip hints at tough decisions looming Rachel Minyoung Lee October 18, 2019 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON KCNA Following the North Korean leader’s momentous climb up to Mt. Paektu on a white horse earlier in the week, North Korea’s authoritative party daily Rodong Sinmun on October 17 carried an editorial expounding on the meaning of the event and laying out the key tasks facing the nation. The party daily followed up with a political essay [jongron] on October 18 that reinforced the key points of the previous day’s editorial. It even disclosed a Mt. Paektu visit by Kim Jong Un in October 2014 that state media may have mentioned or shown in passing Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads 02How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins 03What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won 04What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia 05If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy 06North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses 07The war in Ukraine is transforming how Europe perceives North Korean threats 08What North Korea stands to gain by sending troops to fight in Ukraine 09Satellite imagery shows DPRK laid explosives at edge of MDL to destroy roads 10Deciphering the return of No Kwang Chol as North Korea’s minister of defense

Analysis

After Kim’s Paektu visit, North Korea strongly hints at looming hard-line move

Follow-up media campaign following Kim Jong Un’s mountain trip hints at tough decisions looming

Rachel Minyoung Lee October 18, 2019

After Kim’s Paektu visit, North Korea strongly hints at looming hard-line move

KCNA

Following the North Korean leader’s momentous climb up to Mt. Paektu on a white horse earlier in the week, North Korea’s authoritative party daily Rodong Sinmun on October 17 carried an editorial expounding on the meaning of the event and laying out the key tasks facing the nation.

The party daily followed up with a political essay [jongron] on October 18 that reinforced the key points of the previous day’s editorial.

It even disclosed a Mt. Paektu visit by Kim Jong Un in October 2014 that state media may have mentioned or shown in passing

01New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads
02How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins
03What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won
04What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia
05If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy
06North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses
07The war in Ukraine is transforming how Europe perceives North Korean threats
08What North Korea stands to gain by sending troops to fight in Ukraine
09Satellite imagery shows DPRK laid explosives at edge of MDL to destroy roads
10Deciphering the return of No Kwang Chol as North Korea’s minister of defense

After Kim’s Paektu visit, North Korea strongly hints at looming hard-line move

LATEST ANALYSIS

Similar Articles

About the Author

Rachel Minyoung Lee