Top North Korean officials switched back to wearing older badges with portraits of former leaders after donning pins depicting Kim Jong Un for the first time at a ruling party plenum, suggesting the current leader has not yet sought to eclipse his predecessors even as he elevates his own cult of personality.

State media condemned the U.S. for supplying controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine, taking aim at an old enemy while affirming support for Russia as the two countries increase cooperation on multiple fronts.

Meanwhile, a Vietnamese delegation’s visit to Pyongyang and a