Pyongyang mounts show of support for Kim

PYONGYANG: Tens of thousands of Pyongyang residents were gathered in the capital's Kim Il-Sung Square Saturday to laud leader Kim Jong-Un's denunciation of US President Donald Trump, reports AFP.

Such set-piece rallies, organised by the authorities, are a regular feature of political life in Pyongyang, and are intended as a physical demonstration of popular support for the leadership.

Students in white shirts and red ties held up the red flag of the ruling Workers' Party, with a yellow ink brush representing intellectuals, a hammer for the workers, and a sickle for the peasantry.

Ranks of workers and residents listened, their fists clenched, as speakers repeated Kim's denigration of Trump as "mentally deranged" and a "dotard".

The US president dubbed Kim "Rocket Man" in a speech at the United Nations last week in which he threatened to "totally destroy" the North if it attacked the US or its allies.

 

 

Pyongyang mounts show of support for Kim

PYONGYANG: Tens of thousands of Pyongyang residents were gathered in the capitals Kim Il-Sung Square Saturday to laud leader Kim Jong-Uns denunciation of US President Donald Trump, reports AFP. Such set-piece rallies, organised by the authorities, are a regular feature of political life in Pyongyang, and are intended as a physical demonstration of popular support for the leadership. Students in white shirts and red ties held up the red flag of the ruling Workers Party, with a yellow ink brush representing intellectuals, a hammer for the workers, and a sickle for the peasantry. Ranks of workers and residents listened, their fists clenched, as speakers repeated Kims denigration of Trump as mentally deranged and a dotard. The US president dubbed Kim Rocket Man in a speech at the United Nations last week in which he threatened to totally destroy the North if it attacked the US or its allies.