Kim Jong-un did not visit the 'Father's Day'... For the first time since coming to power [Focus on the Korean Peninsula]

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will continue to talk about North Korea with Ahn Jung-sik, a reporter specializing in North Korea.

[Ahn Jeong-sik/Reporter specialized in North Korea: The 17th was the 11th anniversary of the death of Kim Jong-il, chairman of the National Defense Commission.

Kim Jong-un did not visit the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the bodies of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il are enshrined.

The appearance of other executives worshiping was made public, but there was no image of Kim Jong-un, only a basket of flowers sent by Kim Jong-un.

It is the first time since taking power that Kim Jong-un has not visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the anniversary of the death of his father, Kim Jong-il.

From the perspective of Kim Jong-un, the grandson of Kim Il-sung and the son of Kim Jong-il, who became the supreme leader of North Korea, it is very important to visit on the birthday or death date of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il.

Since this has not been done, it is true that there are quite unusual trends in North Korea right now.]

[Ahn Jeong-sik/Reporter specialized in North Korea: The last public activity Kim Jong-un did was a solid fuel rocket test in Dongchang-ri on the 15th.

Three days after this, on the 18th, there was an observation that Kim Jong-un did not return to Pyongyang and continued to stay in Dongchang-ri, since a semi-intermediate-range missile was launched from the same place, Dongchang-ri, and North Korea said it was an important test related to reconnaissance satellites. North Korea reported that it was not in Dongchang-ri.

If so, I can't help but wonder, where the hell did he go without paying his respects on his father's memorial day?

Aside from worship, isn't it a very important thing to do?

Nothing has been revealed right now, but this is a part that needs to be watched carefully in the future.]

[Ahn Jung-sik/Reporter specialized in North Korea: You can make such a guess, but extended interpretation is prohibited.

So far, there is no indication that abnormal trends have occurred in North Korea.

In the future, there are two events to watch in relation to the new Kim Jong-un.

One is the Boy Scouts Convention and the other is the Labor Party Plenary Meeting.

Representatives of boy bands from all over North Korea are now in Pyongyang for the Boy Scouts' Competition, which is attended by children between the ages of 7 and 13.

It looks like the competition will be held soon.

This is the 9th convention, and since Kim Jong-un attended both the 7th convention in 2013 and the 8th convention in 2017, it is natural to attend this convention as well, but we have to see if he actually attends it.

Also, next week, North Korea is announcing an important meeting called the Labor Party plenary meeting.

As it is an important party meeting, it makes no sense that the party's number one general secretary does not attend.

Therefore, it is also an important point to watch that Kim Jong-un attends the plenary meeting next week without any problems.]