Report on the Rodong Sinmun’s “superhuman hard work”
Following extensive propaganda, including ICBM launches,
Highlighting leaders who love the people and cracking down on public sentiment
While North Korea promotes Chairman Kim Jong-un (face) as a ‘loving leader’, it is an appearance of cracking down on public sentiment by extensively publicizing the recent armed demonstration.
The Rodong Sinmun introduced his remarks in an article titled “A Great Parent’s Day” published on the second page on the 25th, saying, “The concept of a day for Chairman Kim is different from that of ordinary people.” Chairman Kim said to an executive who asked to “rest for a while” at dawn, “People are thinking regarding the evening or until 24:00 when the business of the day is over today. (I) see today until 5:00 the next day and do business, so I just finished the day’s business at 5:00 (a North Korean word for settlement) and planned a business to be carried out on the new day,” the newspaper reported.
In addition, Chairman Kim said, “Since I was young, I have become accustomed to working all night, and it has become a rule of life. It is best to concentrate on contemplation on a quiet night. When a problem is solved following staying up all night struggling, then I feel really refreshed and all the tiredness disappears in an instant.”
On the day he visited a fishery business on the East Coast, he received a report that he had caught a large amount of fish at 2:00 a.m., but he said that he was so happy that he might not sleep.
However, as our intelligence authorities said in 2016, “Chairman Kim is suffering from insomnia due to personal threats,” there is a possibility that it is a sign of health problems.
Meanwhile, North Korea continues to savagely criticize the ROK-U.S. drill while extensively propagating its recent armed demonstrations to its residents. On the front page of the 25th issue of the Rodong Sinmun, the Rodong Sinmun published a large volume of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong 17 launch drill, virtual comprehensive tactical training for nuclear counterattack, nuclear torpedo underwater explosion test, etc. conducted this month, calling it the ‘revolutionary activity of the respected Comrade General Secretary’. Reported. On the 17th and 20th, Kim Jong-un and his daughter’s visit to the ICBM launch were also featured.
Compared to this time last year, the North Korean media’s coverage of armed protests is quite different. It is analyzed that it is trying to calm the people who are tired of Corona 19, food shortages, and sanctions once morest North Korea.
Reporter Lee Jae-yeon
