Kim Jong-un wants to escape his father's shadow
(Baonghean.vn) - UPI news agency quoted South Korean experts as saying that North Korea's decision to change the founding date of the Korean People's Army (KPA) is a sign that leader Kim Jong-un wants to escape the "shadow" of his predecessors, by enhancing his military prestige.
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| North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Photo: Reuters |
The comments came after North Korean state media reported that Pyongyang was changing the founding date of the KPA from April 25 to February 8.
“It seems that Kim Jong-un is trying to build his own independent regime rather than relying on the legacy of the past and the importance of the resistance against Japanese imperialism,” said Kim Yong-hyun, a professor specializing in North Korean affairs at Dongguk University in Seoul.
Meanwhile, Chung Sung-jang, director of unification strategy studies at the Sejong Institute in South Korea, said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, more importantly, wants to draw attention to his achievements in advancing his country's nuclear weapons program. The difference lies in his confidence that he has achieved full nuclear capability.
According to this expert, Mr. Kim has emphasized the importance of strategic weapons since taking power./.
