Public support for the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump is “heightened”, Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) reported on Monday.

In an article entitled “The atmosphere of Trump’s impeachment sweeping the U.S.,” North Korea’s most-read daily newspaper said the “sudden dismissal” of James Comey as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) twenty days ago had given “significant momentum” to support for impeachment.

The publication of today’s article suggests figures in North Korea’s ruling party hopes the Trump administration – which has so far pushed a harder-line, at least rhetorically, against