The anchor dubbed abroad as the “pink lady” for her bright, traditional attire was the topic of official North Korean media herself after leader Kim Jong Un gave her a luxurious residence.
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Experts say Kim is providing special treatment to elite North Koreans to boost their loyalty as he grapples with the pandemic, a troubled economy and a stalemate in nuclear diplomacy with the United States.that it would spare nothing for a national treasure like her, who has worked as a revolutionary announcer for the party for more than 50 years since her girlhood,” the official Korean Central News Agency said.
Pyongyang is North Korea’s showcase city, and its elite residents enjoy relatively affluent lives compared with people in remote rural areas where many still suffer from poverty and malnutrition. A majority of North Koreans who have fled the country in the past two decades have come from its northern regions close to the border with China.
Ri later used her trademark over-the-top speaking technique to narrate a state TV video of Kim showing her the house.
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