North Korea ’s North Korean news agency reported that Kim Jong-un, chairman of the Korean Labor Party, climbed Mt. Baekdu on the Chinese-Chinese border. Mt. Baekdu is considered to be the birthplace of the Korean people and has been used by North Korea for system advertisement.
According to the news, Mr. Masanori also visited the construction site of the Miike Pass in the north near Mt. Mr. Masanori expressed satisfaction with the progress of the construction, “Now, the situation in the country is a lot of difficulties and trials due to the persistent sanctions of hostile forces, but our people have become stronger.” He said. “The distress that the US and other hostile forces have forced the people has turned into the people's anger,” he said. It seems that there was an aim to emphasize the confrontation of protracted economic sanctions under his guidance.
In September of last year, Mr. Masamune climbed Mt. Baekdu with his wife and each other's wife immediately after a South-North summit meeting in South Korea with President Moon Jae-in. She smiled in front of the accompanying Korean reporters. However, North Korea has refused any talks with the Korean side after the summit meeting in Hanoi broke down in Hanoi this February. (Seoul = Takeda)