People read the Rodong Sinmun newspaper on a digital monitor displayed in the Kaeson Station of the Pyongyang Metro in Pyongyang on January 22, 2025. (Photo by KIM Won Jin/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on February 8, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on February 10, 2025 shows a musical dance performance to mark the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army, at the April 25 Cultural Centre in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on February 10, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 11, 2025 shows the groundbreaking ceremony of the greenhouse farm and vegetable science research base in North Pyongan province. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)





People visit an art exhibition in celebration of the 83rd birth anniversary of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the Korean Art Gallery in Pyongyang on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)





People visit an art exhibition in celebration of the 83rd birth anniversary of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the Korean Art Gallery in Pyongyang on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)





Spectators watch a volleyball match between the Pyongyang and Ryanggang province teams during the 14th National Peoples' Sports Contests at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang on February 25, 2025. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)





North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a cadet practicing on the parallel bars during his visit to the Kang Kon Military Academy, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on February 25, 2025, in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency. (Photo by KCNA via Reuters)





An undated photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 27 March 2025 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2-L) inspecting what appears to be a large reconnaissance drone at an undisclosed location in North Korea. According to state media KCNA, Kim reviewed newly developed reconnaissance and suicide drones by the Unmanned Aeronautical Technology Complex and an electronic warfare research group, and oversaw their performance test on 25-26 March 2025. (Photo by EPA/EFE)





North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a military training base, in North Korea, in this handout picture released on April 5, 2025, by the Korean Central News Agency. (Photo by KCNA via Reuters)





Spectators stand during a flag rising ceremony at the 31st Pyongyang International Marathon at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on April 6, 2025, as part of celebrations marking the birth of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung in 1912. The last edition of the Pyongyang Marathon was held in 2019 before the pandemic, during which the nuclear-armed state sealed its borders in an effort to contain the virus. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)





Participants take part in the 31st Pyongyang International Marathon in Pyongyang on April 6, 2025, as part of celebrations marking the birth of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung in 1912. The last edition of the Pyongyang Marathon was held in 2019 before the pandemic, during which the nuclear-armed state sealed its borders in an effort to contain the virus. (Photo by KIM Won Jin/AFP Photo)





A participant takes part in the 31st Pyongyang International Marathon at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on April 6, 2025, as part of celebrations marking the birth of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung in 1912. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)





A participant takes part in the 31st Pyongyang International Marathon at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on April 6, 2025, as part of celebrations marking the birth of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung in 1912. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)





Participants take part in the 31st Pyongyang International Marathon in Pyongyang on April 6, 2025, as part of celebrations marking the birth of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung in 1912. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)





North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hugs a child as he attends the inauguration ceremony for new flats in the Hwasong area in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 15, 2025. (Photo by KCNA via Reuters)





Students participate in a commemorative march near the Chollima Statue in Pyongyang on April 25, 2025, to mark the 93rd anniversary of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)





Students participate in a commemorative march near the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang on April 25, 2025, to mark the 93rd anniversary of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)





A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 26 April 2025 shows North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un and daughter Kim Ju Ae attending the launching ceremony of a newly-built destroyer at Nampho Dockyard, North Korea, 25 April 2025, on the founding anniversary of the first armed forces of the Korean People's Army (KPA). (Photo by KCNA/EPA)





This picture taken on May 13, 2025 released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 14, 2025 shows a martial arts demonstration during the combined tactical training of the Korean People's Army special operations division at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)