North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged to make the country’s military strength “more absolute and irreversible” and push for nuclear build up at an “exceptionally rapid speed.” | asianewsnetwork
Ju-ae — who has been confirmed by the South Korean spy agency as Kim’s second daughter and was born in 2013 — also made her second appearance at the staged photo-op following her first public appearance at the Hwasong-17 test launch. North Korean state media labeled her as Kim’s “beloved daughter.”
Hong Min, director of the North Korean Research Division at the government-funded Korea Institute for National Unification, said North Korea calibrated the timing of the Hwasong-17 ICBM launch in light of the fifth anniversary of the Hwasong-15 ICBM launch on Nov. 29 in 2017. The North Korean leader declared the completion of the “state nuclear force” on that day.
“It’s highly likely that North Korea will solely promote achievements without a separate event on the fifth anniversary as the country assesses that it has already achieved its objectives, including demonstrating nuclear forces, through the successful launch of the Hwasong-17,” Yang said. “But we could expect the country to launch short and medium-range ballistic missiles aimed at sounding salute and maintaining tensions.
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