Kim and the Gang Make for Kumsusan Palace

Kim Jong Eun and other regime elite figures visited Kumsusan Memorial Palace following the end of the 4th Chosun Workers’ Party Delegates’ Conference this evening, according to Chosun Central News Agency (KCNA).

“Comrade Kim Jong Eun and other Chosun Workers’ Party 4th Delegates’ Conference attendees went together to Kumsusan Memorial Palace to pay their deepest respects to comrade Kim Il Sung and comrade Kim Jong Il,” the KCNA report revealed.

Kim was reportedly joined by his aunt, Party Light Industry Department Director Kim Kyung Hee, Supreme People’s Assembly Standing Committee Chairperson Kim Young Nam, Cabinet Prime Minister Choi Young Rim, Vice Marshal Choi Ryong Hae, Chosun People’s Army Chief of Staff Lee Young Ho and other top Party cadres.

Christopher Green is a researcher in Korean Studies based at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Chris has published widely on North Korean political messaging strategies, contemporary South Korean broadcast media, and the socio-politics of Korean peninsula migration. He is the former Manager of International Affairs for Daily NK. His X handle is: @Dest_Pyongyang.