North Korea commemorated the International Day of the Midwife with an event at the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital. While state media propagandized the care afforded to pregnant women by the regime, maternal mortality is comparatively high in North Korea compared to other countries. 

Kim Jong Un sent two letters to Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his fifth term as Russian President and to mark the country’s Victory Day, demonstrating their close relations. However, there has still been no confirmation on when Putin will visit Pyongyang, which he reportedly promised to do when he met Kim last