This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 15, 2022 shows a commemorative gold coin which will be minted in North Korea to mark the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)





Performers take part in a demonstration of synchronized swimming to celebrate the 80th birthday of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, known as the “Day of the Shining Star”, at the swimming gymnasium on Chongchun Street in Pyongyang on February 13, 2022. (Photo by Kim Won-jin/AFP Photo)





A group of synchronized swimmers perform celebrating the Day of Shining Star on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a swimming gymnasium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, February 13, 2022. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)





A group of synchronized swimmers perform celebrating the Day of Shining Star on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the swimming gymnasium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, February 13, 2022. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)





Groundbreaking ceremony of the new Hwasong area in Pyongyang, North Korea on February 13, 2022. North Korea officially opened construction Saturday on another street of ornate skyscrapers to address housing problems for 10,000 Pyongyang residents, according to state media, part of a wider plan introduced last year to build 50,000 homes in the capital by the end of 2025. Kim Jong Un told thousands of workers gathered at a groundbreaking ceremony to overcome mounting economic hardships and feel pride in helping build a bright socialist future, according to the Rodong Sinmun. (Photo by EyePress News/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Service personnel of Korean People's Army lay bouquets of flowers at the statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)





General view during the 2nd Conference of Secretaries of Primary Committees of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), in this photo released on March 1, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). (Photo by KCNA via Reuters)





This picture taken on March 2, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 3 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) attending the tree-planting ceremony with the participants in the 2nd Conference of Secretaries of Primary Committees of the WPK on the Tree-planting Day in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on March 2, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 3 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) attending the tree-planting ceremony with the participants in the 2nd Conference of Secretaries of Primary Committees of the WPK on the Tree-planting Day in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on March 8, 2022 shows performers taking part in the opening ceremony of the 2022 Horse Riding Games at the Mirim Riding Club in Pyongyang. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)





An overview of what state media reports is the launch of the “Hwasong-17” intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in this undated photo released on March 25, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). (Photo by KCNA via Reuters)





In this photo distributed by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front, claps during a test-fire of what it says a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at an undisclosed location in North Korea on March 24, 2022. 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 player of the Taekwon-Do Team of the Korean Taekwon-Do Committee shows a demonstration after opening ceremony of Mangyongdae Prize National Martial Art Championship to mark the birth anniversary of former North Korean leader President Kim Il Sung, Day of the Sun in the Taekwon-Do Hall in Pyongyang,, Friday, April 8, 2022. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)





This picture taken on April 11, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 12 shows a night view of Pyongyang's Songhwa Street. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on April 11, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 12 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2nd R) attending the inauguration ceremony of Songhwa Street in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)





Citizens visit a light festival in celebration of 110th birth anniversary of their late leader Kim Il Sung at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, April 14, 2022. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)





Citizens visit a light festival in celebration of 110th birth anniversary of their late leader Kim Il Sung at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, April 14, 2022. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)





Citizens take a photo at a light festival in celebration of 110th birth anniversary of their late leader Kim Il Sung at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, April 14, 2022. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on April 14, 2022, people visit the Light Festival to celebrate the 110th birth anniversary of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)