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Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, made his first appearance in 22 days while visiting a housing construction site in Pyongyang. The North Korean media reported the news, which was somewhat unusual.



Ahn Jung-sik, a reporter specializing in North Korea, will tell you what it is.



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Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, visited the construction site of a luxury house along the Potong River in Pyongyang.



The Rodong Sinmun and the Korean Central News Agency, which were released around 6 in the morning, reported this news, and named Cho Yong-won, who is a close aide to General Secretary Kim and a key official, the second among the executives.



An observation has been raised that there may be a problem with Cho Yong-won's status due to the nature of North Korea's nature that the order of names indicates power.



However, the Chosun Central TV report that came out three hours later changed the content.



[Chosun Central TV: Comrade Cho Yong-won, a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo and the organizing secretary of the Party Central Committee, accompanied me. (…) Comrade Jeong Sang-hak, Comrade Lihi-yong, etc… ]



Cho Yong-won was called as the sole attendant, and it was confirmed that there were no abnormalities in his positions, such as a standing member of the Politburo and organizing secretary.



It is unusual for a report on General Secretary Kim to change in a matter of hours.



[Kim In-tae / Senior Research Fellow, National Security Strategy Institute: Data on public activities related to Kim Jong-un are produced by a specific organization called 'Headquarters Political Reporting Team'. It is especially unusual for the content to come out differently (for each medium) since it was received and reported by the state-run media... .]



The Chosun Central TV report, which came out later than the Rodong Sinmun, listed Jo Yong-won's positions one by one and confirmed that there was no problem with his status, so the possibility of the Rodong Sinmun's error cannot be ruled out, but it is easy to understand that the party's newspaper made a mistake in important news. It is a topic that does not go away.



There are also observations that North Korea is not going to escalate tensions right now, as General Secretary Kim shows his livelihoods during the South Korea-U.S. exercises.



(Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)