The latest pictures released by KCNA show that Kim Jong Un’s wife Ri Sol Ju looks almost certainly to be pregnant. Confirming months of speculation on the issue, the development suggests that Kim IV might well be on his or her way to making an appearance sometime in early to mid-2013.

But as eagle-eyed analyst Roger Cavazos points out, in September were North Korean propagandists doing their best to introduce the idea of her pregnancy both to the general public and elites of the country? Perhaps.

Rewind to pictures from an appearance that Kim Jong Un made in early