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North Korea, which is said to be performing super-high-level quarantine related to corona, held a New Year's celebration in Pyongyang with a large crowd.

This year, Chairman Kim Jong-un's announcement of the New Year's address was skipped and only a letter in the form of a New Year's card was released, which seems to have taken into account the schedule of the upcoming 8th party conference.



This is reporter Kim A-young.



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[North Korean New Year Celebration Performance: We are not afraid of anyone.]



On the last night of 2020, Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang is thrilled.



Just an hour before 2021, a New Year's celebration performance was held.



Since 2013, it has been an annual New Year's celebration, but this year, it is especially noticeable because many parts of the world have canceled or reduced these events due to the aftermath of the coronavirus.



Even though the spectators wore masks, there were a lot of crowds compared to last year when there was no corona at all.



While emphasizing super-high-level quarantine internally, this event is read with the intention of showing off confidence in quarantine ahead of the 8th Party Congress.



[Chosun JoongAng TV: Successfully welcomed the 8th Congress...

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Chairman Kim visited the Sun Palace at Geumsusan Mountain with the delegates of the party convention as his first public walk in the new year.



The interior space was full, but no one wearing the mask was visible.



Following last year, there was no New Year's message for fostering this year, but instead, we released a New Year's card written by ourselves.



[Chosun Joongang TV: I will fight vigorously to advance the new era.]




It has been 26 years since North Korea's top leader issued a New Year's card, and this year it is an analysis that considers a special party conference schedule.



[Jeongdaejin / Ajou University Institute for Unification Studies Professor (per contest and) Shall have to make a duplicate messages in the time that is the parallax is almost born of technical twice (he seems determined)



domestic and foreign policy stance after all, only North Korea to come Will be revealed through the 8th Party Congress.



(Video editing: Jeon Min-gyu)