The US criticised North Korea soon after the release of the parade footage, saying it was disappointed to see Pyongyang continuing its weapons development.
Speaking on the 75th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers' Party Saturday, Kim said the victory over the virus is a natural duty and success of his party.
This year's deadlocked nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration and deepening economic woes may shape up to be one of Kim Jong-un's biggest tests, say analysts.
The event — part of festivities to mark the 75th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea — could showcase the 'new strategic weapon' Kim pledged to unveil at the start of the year.
North Korea clearly favours Trump, extolling his 'mysteriously wonderful' chemistry with Kim, while denouncing Democratic nominee Joe Biden as a 'rabid dog'.
Kim Jong Un, who has attended less than a third of public events, has fuelled rumours that he is unwell. But it also underscores how little the world knows about North Korea.
Kim is facing difficulties on various fronts, with floods having ruined farmland, controversy over his succession, and nuclear discussions with the US having come to a halt.
Pyongyang’s leaders see giving up the weapons as political suicide, and Kim has adding to his stockpile of nuclear warheads & missiles after talks with the US President sputtered.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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