North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week scaled the country’s politically-symbolic Paektu Mountain, according to a report released Wednesday by the DPRK’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
According to the report, the DPRK leader climbed the mountain on a white horse and rode through what was described as the mountain’s first snowfall of the year.
It was Kim Jong Un’s third visit to the fabled landmark — the highest peak on the Korean peninsula and hailed in North Korean propaganda as the birthplace of the DPRK leader’s father Kim
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week scaled the country's politically-symbolic Paektu Mountain, according to a report released Wednesday by the DPRK's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
According to the report, the DPRK leader climbed the mountain on a white horse and rode through what was described as the mountain’s first snowfall of the year.