North Korea presented a new weapon at a military parade.
Observers rate this as a disturbing signal to Biden.
And the dictator's sister attacks South Korea.
The country of
North Korea
is isolated from the outside world - it is ruled by dictator
Kim Jong-un
.
In a military parade, the East Asian country flexed its muscles in the direction of the USA.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of the ruler, also made a remarkable appearance.
Pyongyang -
North Korea
wants to demonstrate its supposed power on a regular basis: During the second
military parade
within a few months, the communist dictatorship has now put a new ballistic weapon on display.
According to the state media, this can apparently be fired from a submarine.
Observers rate this as a disturbing signal to the elected US President
Joe Biden *
.
The Democrat, together with Vice President
Kamala Harris *
Introduced into office on January 20th *.
At the congress of the ruling Labor Party, ruler
Kim Jong Un announced
an expansion of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
He also called the United States
the country's "greatest enemy"
.
Sharp words in the direction of Washington and an upcoming president who is facing the
corona pandemic
raging in the USA
*
and the deep social division of the nation as well as massive challenges are already waiting.
Kim Jong Un in North Korea: rulers present new weapon - warning words to the USA
According to the North Korean state news agency Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), it is said to be
the
"most powerful weapon in the world"
.
The weapon is able to "annihilate enemies in a preventive manner outside the territory".
Images distributed by the KCNA show a military parade under a night sky with thousands of participants: inside and soldiers.
The
South China Morning Post
, according to a "grinning" has
Kim Jong Un *
persecuted dressed in a black leather coat and fur hat, the parade.
The newspaper describes the new weapon as a strategic "game changer" that enables North Korea to "launch a surprise attack near the United States or carry out an attack even if its land forces have been destroyed".
Surname |
Kim Yo Jong |
Age |
Exact date of birth unknown, probably around 30 years old |
job |
Computer scientist |
Position in power apparatus |
Propaganda Officer, Director of the Ministry of Propaganda and Agitation, member of the Central Committee |
But not only ruler
Kim Jong
Un is currently the focus of attention.
It is true that he is undisputed number one in the North Korean power apparatus.
But in the past few months he has rarely been seen in public.
Rumors of poor health made the rounds.
And Kim Yo Jong, the sister of the North Korean dictator *, had her moment as the strong face of the country.
Since then it has been a mystery to observers of the East Asian country.
Once introduced to the public as a gentle hand, subservient to her brother, her influence seems to have expanded greatly in 2020.
She recently made a remarkable appearance at the grave of their late father
Kim Jong Il
.
In a speech she described
South Korea
and its people as "idiots" and raised the mood against the neighboring state: "The southerners are a really strange group that is difficult to understand." This reported, among others, CNN and the
South China Morning Post
.
The situation between North and South Korea is considered to be very tense.
Well.
There we go.
#NorthKorea pic.twitter.com/64peErWiuu
- Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) January 14, 2021
North Korea: Communist country holds military parade - nuclear weapons expansion to continue
News
from the communist stronghold of
North Korea
seldom escapes that the propaganda apparatus does not want.
The country is isolated - even more so since international sanctions were imposed on North Korea for the nuclear weapons and missile program.
Under
Donald Trump
, the USA and North Korea tried to come closer.
However, this failed at a summit in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The negotiations stagnated.
"No matter who is in power in the US, the true nature and spirit of anti-North Korea politics will never change." These are the words
Kim Jong Un
said at the conference, according to CNN. The development of
nuclear weapons
continues uninterrupted. ”The US President-elect and his Vice-President,
Kamala Harris
, face major tasks.
(aka with agencies) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital network.
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