Kim Jong-un rides a white horse to visit sacred Mount Paektu before deadline for negotiations with the US
Leader Kim Jong-un made his second visit since October 2019 to the sacred Mount Paektu as the deadline for US-North Korea negotiations is approaching.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, accompanied by his wife and senior officials, rode a white horse to the sacred Mount Paektu to visit several historical sites in an unannounced visit. The North's official news agency KCNA released 71 photos, closely following Kim's activities during the visit.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un rides a white horse to visit ancient battlefields on the sacred Mount Paektu in Ryanggang, North Korea on December 4, 2019. Photo: Reuters/KCNA |
Previously, in October 2019, leader KIm Jong-un also made a similar visit to Mount Paektu.
Kim's visit to the iconic site comes after the North Korean leader attended the inauguration ceremony of the Samjiyon "standard of modern civilization" economic center on December 3, an event described by KCNA as "of great historical significance."
According to KCNA, during his visit to the relics of Mount Paektu, Mr. Kim Jong-un emphasized the need for the next generation to have a "correct understanding" of the history of this sacred mountain - the place where Mr. Kim's father, the late leader Kim Jong Il, is believed to have been born and was a military base against Japan in the 1930s under the North Korean leader's grandfather, Mr. Kim Il Sung.
Leader Kim Jong-un also stressed that the next generation needs to help show "the country's dignity and honor to the world".
According to KCNA news agency, Mr. Kim Jong-un's time spent visiting the old battlefields on Mount Paektu this time was to "strengthen education about revolutionary traditions".
Observers have previously said that Kim Jong-un often visits Mount Paektu before making important decisions, and this visit comes just weeks before the year-end deadline set by North Korea for the US on stalled nuclear negotiations between the two countries.
On December 3, a senior diplomat in the North Korean Foreign Ministry affirmed that the decision is entirely up to the US when choosing which "Christmas gift" to receive from North Korea.
"There is no need for the DPRK to conceal what will be done from now on and so we remind the US once again that the end of this year is drawing nearer and nearer," KCNA quoted North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Thae Song as saying./.
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