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Chaewon Chung
Chaewon Chung covers U.S., Chinese, and Japanese politics and national security in relation to North Korea. She previously worked at Coda Story covering disinformation and technology with a focus on the East Asia.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un joined a group photo session in Pyongyang with students and “working youth” who contributed to the country’s “successful” military parade last week, state media reported on Monday.
The latest photo session held Sunday comes after Kim took group photos with top military brass and other parade participants, underlining the propaganda importance of the event that Monday’s report called “an occasion of demonstrating the national power.”