North Korea Briefly Reports on 'Trump Inauguration'... No Separate Commentary

North Korea briefly reported the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump on the 22nd. No separate commentary was issued.

On that day, the Korean Central News Agency reported, "Donald Trump was inaugurated as president in the United States," adding, "He was elected as the 47th president of the United States in the election held last November." This was published on the foreign news page of the Rodong Sinmun, the Workers' Party's official newspaper, which is viewed by North Korean residents.

North Korean state media, which had not mentioned President Trump at all since his election in November last year, covered the related news for the first time in about two months.

However, North Korea has previously reported the election of U.S. presidents with a certain time lag. When President Trump was first elected on November 8, 2016, it was indirectly reported 11 days later on the 19th by including it partially in an article criticizing South Korea.

In the case of President Joe Biden, who was elected in November 2020, the first report was made on January 23, 2021, after the inauguration, similar to this case.

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