Kim Jong Un's June appearances: cruise missiles, but more belt-tightening ahead



Analysis Kim Jong Un’s June appearances: cruise missiles, but more belt-tightening ahead Leaders' speech to the Korean Children’s Union says continued hardship is necessary if the country is to defend the revolution Tristan Webb July 17, 2017 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON North Korean State Media Kim Jong Un split his June reported public appearances between military, economic, and political affairs. The most important takeaways from these appearances are: his celebration of a new type of cruise missile; a political speech to children in which he identified certain weaknesses in youth political education and organization, and warned of continued economic hardships; and the ‘rehabilitation’ of Kim Won Hong (Minister of State Security). Kim Jong Un has been making fewer public appearances so far this year, and his six activities in June were the fewest in 2017 to date. In this regard, Korean language reporting 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 01How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine 02New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads 03How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins 04What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won 05What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia 06If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy 07North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses 08The war in Ukraine is transforming how Europe perceives North Korean threats

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Kim Jong Un’s June appearances: cruise missiles, but more belt-tightening ahead

Leaders' speech to the Korean Children’s Union says continued hardship is necessary if the country is to defend the revolution

Tristan Webb July 17, 2017

Kim Jong Un’s June appearances: cruise missiles, but more belt-tightening ahead

North Korean State Media

Kim Jong Un split his June reported public appearances between military, economic, and political affairs. The most important takeaways from these appearances are:

his celebration of a new type of cruise missile; a political speech to children in which he identified certain weaknesses in youth political education and organization, and warned of continued economic hardships; and the ‘rehabilitation’ of Kim Won Hong (Minister of State Security).

Kim Jong Un has been making fewer public appearances so far this year, and his six activities in June were the fewest in 2017 to date. In this regard, Korean language reporting

01How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine
02New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads
03How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins
04What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won
05What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia
06If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy
07North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses
08The war in Ukraine is transforming how Europe perceives North Korean threats

Kim Jong Un’s June appearances: cruise missiles, but more belt-tightening ahead

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