In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a meeting with senior ruling party officials in Pyongyang, Monday, June 7, 2021. 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. (Photo by Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Photo)





An employee monitors a cookie conveyor belt at the Unha Taesong Foodstuff Factory Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)





People walk in a street near the Arch of Triumph on the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of late leader Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)





People visit the statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on the occasion of the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)





Women dance near the Arch of Triumph on the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of late leader Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)





North Korean army officers visit the Mansu Hill on the occasion of the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of late leader Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)





A man and a woman walk in a street on the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of late leader Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)





Women dance near the Arch of Triumph on the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of late leader Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)





Women walk in a street near the Arch of Triumph on the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of late leader Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, April 15, 2021. The poster reads “The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung will always be with us. Day of the Sun”. (Photo by Cha Song Ho/AP Photo)





This picture taken on April 15, 2021 released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 16 shows an evening party for young students celebrating the birthday of their country's founder and Eternal President Kim Il Sung, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)





This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 6, 2021 shows employees of the Daesongsan Mineral Water Factory in Pyongyang disinfecting the facility as a quarantine measure against the new coronavirus infection. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)





Artistes of an art squad give performance to people in front of the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium on International Women's Day in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, March 8, 2021. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)





This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test fire of newly developed new-type tactical guided projectile by the Academy of Defense Science, at an undisclosed place in North Korea, Thursday, March 25, 2021. 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)





An undated photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 22 June 2021 shows people attending the 7th Congress of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea (SWUK) in Pyongyang, North Korea (issued 22 June 2021). The congress was held on 20-21 June 2021. (Photo by KCNA/EPA/EFE)





This picture taken on April 29, 2021 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 30 shows the 10th Congress of the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on February 16, 2021 released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 17 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju watching a performance for celebrating the birth anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il at the Mansudae Art Theatre in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA via Reuters)





In this picture taken on March 23, 2021 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 24, 2021 people attend ground-breaking ceremony of a construction project for building 10000 apartments in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)





Elderly women dance at the plaza of the Pyongyang Grand Theatre on the occasion of the International Women's Day in Pyongyang on March 8, 2021. (Photo by Kim Won Jin/AFP Photo)





Agricultural workers are rice-transplanting at the Namsa Co-op Farm of Rangnang District in Pyongyang, DPRK, on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/AP Photo)