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In this Sunday, July 26, 2020, photo released by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, sitting, is surrounded by senior military officials holding “Paektusan” commemorative pistols they received from Kim during a ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Photo by Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Photo)

In this Sunday, July 26, 2020, photo released by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, sitting, is surrounded by senior military officials holding “Paektusan” commemorative pistols they received from Kim during a ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Photo by Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Photo)



Two employees of the Ryugyong Health Complex disinfect the hands and check the fever of people coming to the complex to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, July 31, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)

Two employees of the Ryugyong Health Complex disinfect the hands and check the fever of people coming to the complex to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, July 31, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)



North Korean students stage a rally to denounce South Korea following that defectors and other activists in South Korea flew anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border, at the Pyongyang Youth Park Open-air Theatre in Pyongyang, Saturday, June 6, 2020. The letters say: Let us smash the puppet regime that committed indelible crime. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)

North Korean students stage a rally to denounce South Korea following that defectors and other activists in South Korea flew anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border, at the Pyongyang Youth Park Open-air Theatre in Pyongyang, Saturday, June 6, 2020. The letters say: Let us smash the puppet regime that committed indelible crime. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)



People wearing masks walk in the Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea Friday, July 3, 2020. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to maintain alertness against the coronavirus, warning that complacency risked “unimaginable and irretrievable crisis,” state media said Friday. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)

People wearing masks walk in the Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea Friday, July 3, 2020. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to maintain alertness against the coronavirus, warning that complacency risked “unimaginable and irretrievable crisis,” state media said Friday. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)



War veterans head to a hotel to attend a national conference of war veterans on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, which the country celebrates as the day of “victory in the fatherland liberation war” in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 25, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)

War veterans head to a hotel to attend a national conference of war veterans on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, which the country celebrates as the day of “victory in the fatherland liberation war” in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 25, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)



Farmers on the Chongsan-ri cooperative farm start planting rice for this year on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, in Nampho, North Korea. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)

Farmers on the Chongsan-ri cooperative farm start planting rice for this year on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, in Nampho, North Korea. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)



Women walk with umbrellas during torrential rains, Wednesday, August 5, 2020, in Pyongyang. North Korea says torrential rains have lashed the country, prompting outside worries about possible big damages in the impoverished country. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)

Women walk with umbrellas during torrential rains, Wednesday, August 5, 2020, in Pyongyang. North Korea says torrential rains have lashed the country, prompting outside worries about possible big damages in the impoverished country. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)



Women walk with umbrellas during torrential rains, Wednesday, August 5, 2020, in Pyongyang. North Korea says torrential rains have lashed the country, prompting outside worries about possible big damages in the impoverished country. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)

Women walk with umbrellas during torrential rains, Wednesday, August 5, 2020, in Pyongyang. North Korea says torrential rains have lashed the country, prompting outside worries about possible big damages in the impoverished country. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)



People wearing masks make their way in the Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea Friday, July 3, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)

People wearing masks make their way in the Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea Friday, July 3, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)



North Koreans visit the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery to pay respects to the monument to the fallen soldiers of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, June 25, 2020. North and South Korea on Thursday marked the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War with largely subdued commemorations amid the coronavirus pandemic, a day after the North abruptly halted a pressure campaign against the South. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)

North Koreans visit the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery to pay respects to the monument to the fallen soldiers of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, June 25, 2020. North and South Korea on Thursday marked the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War with largely subdued commemorations amid the coronavirus pandemic, a day after the North abruptly halted a pressure campaign against the South. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)



North Koreans visit the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery to pay respects to the monument to the fallen soldiers of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, June 25, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)

North Koreans visit the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery to pay respects to the monument to the fallen soldiers of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, June 25, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)



A North Korean woman lays a bouquet of flowers during a visit to the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery to pay respects to the monument to the fallen soldiers of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, June 25, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)

A North Korean woman lays a bouquet of flowers during a visit to the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery to pay respects to the monument to the fallen soldiers of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, June 25, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)



A boy wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus watches fireworks exploded over Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, July 27, 2020, marking the 67th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)

A boy wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus watches fireworks exploded over Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, July 27, 2020, marking the 67th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)



This picture taken on July 27, 2020 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 28 shows fireworks launched in Pyongyang to celebrate the 67th anniversary of the Korean War ceasefire. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said there will be no more war in the country as its nuclear weapons guarantee its safety, signalling once again Pyongyang won't give up its nukes, state media said on July 28, 2020. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)

This picture taken on July 27, 2020 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 28 shows fireworks launched in Pyongyang to celebrate the 67th anniversary of the Korean War ceasefire. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said there will be no more war in the country as its nuclear weapons guarantee its safety, signalling once again Pyongyang won't give up its nukes, state media said on July 28, 2020. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)



People visit the statues of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il to lay flowers on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, which the country celebrates as the day of “victory in the fatherland liberation war” in Pyongyang, Monday, July 27, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)

People visit the statues of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il to lay flowers on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, which the country celebrates as the day of “victory in the fatherland liberation war” in Pyongyang, Monday, July 27, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)



Primary school children wearing face masks as a protective measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus attend a class at Hasin Primary School in Sosong District in Pyongyang following the re-opening of schools on June 3, 2020. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)

Primary school children wearing face masks as a protective measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus attend a class at Hasin Primary School in Sosong District in Pyongyang following the re-opening of schools on June 3, 2020. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)



In this undated photo provided on Monday, July 20, 2020 by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a construction site of a hospital in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Photo by Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Photo)

In this undated photo provided on Monday, July 20, 2020 by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a construction site of a hospital in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Photo by Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Photo)



A passenger wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus is disinfected her hand before getting on a trolley bus in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, August 13, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)

A passenger wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus is disinfected her hand before getting on a trolley bus in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, August 13, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)



A man in a protective suit disinfects the inside of a trolley bus to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, August 13, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)

A man in a protective suit disinfects the inside of a trolley bus to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, August 13, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)



People are disinfected their hands and get fever checked before going into the Pyongyang Railway Station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, August 13, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)

People are disinfected their hands and get fever checked before going into the Pyongyang Railway Station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, August 13, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)



A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus gets fever checked before going into the Pyongyang Railway Station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, August 13, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)

A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus gets fever checked before going into the Pyongyang Railway Station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, August 13, 2020. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)
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