For the first time, North Korean officials have been seen wearing lapel pins with the image of leader Kim Jong Un. That's another sign the North is boosting his personality cult to the level bestowed on his late father and grandfather.
This photo provided Monday, July 1, 2024, by the North Korea n government shows that a senior official wears lapel pins with the image of Kim Jong Un during a ruling party’s meeting in Pyongyang Sunday, June 30, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korea n government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified.
The pins are part of a state-sponsored mythology surrounding the Kim family which treats Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il like gods. They are memorialized with numerous statues across North Korea, their birthdays are two of the country’s main holidays and their portraits are hung in all homes and offices.
“The latest series of efforts to idolize Kim Jong Un is assessed as a move to dilute his predecessors while establishing his authority as a leader” different from them, Kim Inae, a deputy spokesperson for South Korea’s Unification Ministry, told reporters Monday.
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