Kim Jong-un logs busiest first half since 2014, with record military outings

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un carried out 92 publicly reported activities in the first half of this year, nearly double the 50 recorded during the same period last year, according to an analysis of state media reports. The figure marks Kim’s busiest first half since 2014, when he made 93 public appearances, and the third-highest tally since he took power in 2012, after 105 in the first half of 2013. His public activities had declined sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, bottoming out at 21 in

By The Korea Herald