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![North Korean leader Kim Jong Un](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-10/ApNewsroom_North_Korea_Worker%27s_Party_Anniversary_02945.jpg?itok=mFu8Wk7L "In this photo provided by North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, fourth right, Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary To Lam, second right, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, right, attend the military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Worker's Party, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. 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. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)")
![North Korea Koreas Tensions](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-08/ApNewsroom_North_Korea_Koreas_Tensions_55271.jpg?itok=zL4-zVa_ "In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the warship Choe Hyon in Nampo, North Korea, on Aug. 18, 2025. 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. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)")
