Pyongyang went all out in its first official commemoration of Kim’s State Affairs Commission (SAC) chairman election anniversary three years after he was first elected to the position in 2016.

It held a “central report meeting [CRM]” on June 28 and issued a party daily editorial on June 29. State media continued to stress the significance of the event the day after the date of the anniversary by publishing articles on Kim Jong Un’s “programmatic works” and congratulatory performances. 

Kim’s SAC chairman election has become the second Kim Jong Un-related anniversary observed by the North