Updated at 08:40 KST to include Kim Jong Un’s criticism of the performance published in North Korean state media

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended the opening of the new ‘mass games’ propaganda event Monday night, multiple sources informed NK News.

The “grand mass gymnastics and artistic performance” event ended with a section dedicated to Kim Jong Un and featured his portrait for the first time, sources in attendance said.

The move is likely to raise speculation over Kim’s solidifying of propaganda around him in a similar manner to his father and grandfather, following the first and only