July saw multiple Kim Jong Un appearances related to North Korea’s public health, economy and the military.

The North Korean leader held multiple meetings to strengthen the country’s COVID-19 prevention measures and scolded officials for failures in organizing the construction project for Pyongyang General Hospital.

Kim also visited the construction site of a new chicken farm and lamented the country’s “backwards” poultry industry. Marking the anniversary of the end of the Korean War, he conferred commemorative pistols to military officers and demanded loyalty to the ruling party.

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