The omission of any mention of North Korea in the latest U.S. National Security Strategy amounts to a “self-admission of the complete failure of America’s denuclearization policy on the Korean Peninsula,” a pro-DPRK outlet with close ties to the regime reported this week.

North Korean workers have finished building new factories in 11 counties across the country, according to state media, prompting a series of grand opening ceremonies amid the year-end push to realize annual construction goals.

The coverage of the factory inaugurations comes as DPRK media belatedly revealed that Kim Jong Un made