Kim Jong Un’s long trip to Vietnam for a second summit with Trump causes sleepless nights back home, according to extensive and unusually punctual North Korean state media coverage by bdeternity pearswick TrumpKimSummit updates:
SEOUL/HANOI - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s long trip to Vietnam for a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump is causing sleepless nights back home, according to extensive and unusually punctual North Korean state media coverage.
North Korea’s flagship state newspaper Rodong Sinmun emblazoned its front and second pages on Wednesday with pictures from Kim’s first day in Vietnam. Since North Korean media first confirmed Kim’s trip on Sunday, Rodong has dedicated much of its coverage to Kim’s “historic overseas trip” with descriptions of his “extraordinary political and excellent diplomatic skills”.
Samjiyon is at the foot of Mount Paektu, a sacred mountain where the ruling family claims its roots. Kim is building a massive tourism center there, one of his largest construction initiatives as he seeks to make his sanctions-hit economy more self-reliant.On Tuesday, Rodong carried a picture of school children studying a globe captioned “Where is the Dear Marshal now?”
Kim’s first trips abroad as leader last year were initially covered in a characteristically secretive way by North Korean state media, which did not even announce he had left the country until after he was safely back.
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