Kim Jong Un's public appearances in January: the leader lays low



Analysis Kim Jong Un’s public appearances in January: the leader lays low Possibly distracted by inter-Korean rapprochement, the leader made only four public appearances Fyodor Tertitskiy February 9, 2018 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Rodong Sinmun After a busy December which saw the North Korean leadership reemphasize ideological matters and focus on economic issues, January was Kim Jong Un’s least active since last August. The leader made only four public appearances, with one of them being the New Year’s speech – compared to January last year, this is a very small number. The following is the NK Pro analysis of Kim Jong Un’s reported appearances last month. Our findings are: Following a year dominated by missile tests and a tense standoff with South Korea and the U.S., January saw 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 01North Korea reveals new vertical take-off drones amid ‘modern warfare’ push 02How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments 03How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos 04What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities 05Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump. 06All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two 07Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024 08Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way 09How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine 10New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads

Analysis

Kim Jong Un’s public appearances in January: the leader lays low

Possibly distracted by inter-Korean rapprochement, the leader made only four public appearances

Fyodor Tertitskiy February 9, 2018

Kim Jong Un’s public appearances in January: the leader lays low

Rodong Sinmun

After a busy December which saw the North Korean leadership reemphasize ideological matters and focus on economic issues, January was Kim Jong Un’s least active since last August. The leader made only four public appearances, with one of them being the New Year’s speech – compared to January last year, this is a very small number.

The following is the NK Pro analysis of Kim Jong Un’s reported appearances last month. Our findings are:

Following a year dominated by missile tests and a tense standoff with South Korea and the U.S., January saw

01North Korea reveals new vertical take-off drones amid ‘modern warfare’ push
02How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments
03How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos
04What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities
05Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump.
06All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two
07Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024
08Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way
09How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine
10New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads

Kim Jong Un’s public appearances in January: the leader lays low

LATEST ANALYSIS

Similar Articles

About the Author

Fyodor Tertitskiy