Kim Jong-un Visits Kumsusan Palace of the Sun... "Breakthrough with Baekdusan Spirit" (Comprehensive)

First Public Activity of the New Year... "Firmly Pledging to Break Through Head-On"

The North Korean Workers' Party organ, Rodong Sinmun, reported on December 18 last year that workers from the Party, government, provincial and central organs, and military institutions paid tribute at the Kumsusan Sun Palace on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of National Defense Commission Chairman Kim Jong-il. Flower baskets are placed in front of the statues of President Kim Il-sung and National Defense Commission Chairman Kim Jong-il.

Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea, paid tribute at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the bodies of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il are enshrined, the North Korean Workers' Party organ Rodong Sinmun reported on the 2nd. This was Kim's first public activity of the new year.

The newspaper stated, "Comrade Kim Jong-un, the Supreme Leader, visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the occasion of the New Year 2020 and paid sublime respects to the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il-sung and the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong-il."

Accompanying the visit were Choe Ryong-hae, First Vice Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, and Kim Jae-ryong, Premier of the Cabinet, along with other Workers' Party officials.

Kim Jong-un paid "sublime respects" to the statues of President Kim Il-sung and Chairman Kim Jong-il, and the newspaper reported that a "flower basket was laid" in Kim's name at the statues.

There was no mention of inter-Korean relations, North Korea?U.S. relations, or any separate message from Kim Jong-un.

However, the newspaper referred to the Workers' Party Central Committee plenary meeting held over three days at the end of last year, reaffirming the will for a 'frontline breakthrough.'

The newspaper stated, "Comrade Kim Jong-un firmly renewed the pledge to thoroughly implement the programmatic tasks presented at the historic 5th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and to demonstrate the dignity and prestige of a socialist power advancing with the Baekdu Mountain spirit through a frontline breakthrough this meaningful year marking the 75th anniversary of our Party's founding."

In the report of the 5th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party, which replaced this year's New Year's address, Kim hinted at the possibility of returning to the 'byungjin line' of simultaneous economic and nuclear development, pressuring the United States.

He said, "We must carry out a frontline breakthrough to nullify the sanctions and pressure of hostile forces and open a new path for socialist construction."

Since coming to power, Kim Jong-un has paid tribute at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun every New Year's Day from 2013 to 2019, except in 2018.

On January 1, 2018, only key officials such as Choe Ryong-hae, Vice Chairman of the Party and Director of the Organization and Guidance Department, and Kim Yong-nam, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, paid tribute.

Also, in 2017, Kim Jong-un was accompanied by his wife, Ri Sol-ju.

North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un presided over the 5th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party at the Central Committee Headquarters on the 31st of last month, according to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 1st.

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