North Korean Media Reports Delivery of Kim Jong Un's Birthday Feast (Update)
On the 11th, North Korea held a Workers' Party Political Bureau meeting chaired by Chairman Kim Jong-un to discuss measures against the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the Korean Central News Agency reported on the 12th. Chairman Kim Jong-un is speaking at the Political Bureau meeting.
[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] North Korea's Korean Central News Agency briefly reported on Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, on the 21st. Amid heightened international interest surrounding Kim's whereabouts, the North Korean media conveyed the news in a manner similar to usual.
The agency reported that on this day, Chairman Kim "sent a heartfelt birthday table to Ri Sin-ja, former advisor to the Pyongyang City Rural Management Committee, a recipient of the Order of Kim Il-sung and a Hero of Labor celebrating his eightieth birthday, and to Ri Si-heup, a researcher at Kim Chaek University of Technology, a recipient of the Kim Jong-il Award, professor, and doctor."
The report provided brief profiles of the recipients of the birthday table without specific details on the delivery date or accompanying photos. North Korean media generally handle news about Chairman Kim's birthday gifts, expressions of gratitude, or external congratulatory messages in a concise manner.
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Earlier, on the 11th, the agency released articles with photos the following day about Chairman Kim presiding over a Politburo meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and inspecting military units in the western district. Since then, there have been no reports containing photos of Chairman Kim. Notably, on the 15th, which is the birthday of his grandfather, President Kim Il-sung, rumors have circulated that Kim Jong-un did not pay his annual respects at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, raising speculation about possible issues with his whereabouts.
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