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Friday, April 17, 2020

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been absent from several important state functions recently, including the Day of the Sun this past Wednesday, leading experts to speculate as to why. While some believe he might be sick, most think it’s an effort to distance himself from previous leaders.
April 15, the Day of the Sun, is perhaps the biggest holiday in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). It’s the birthday of Kim Il Sung, the communist guerrilla leader who led Korean resistance forces to victory against the Japanese Empire in World War II, founded the DPRK in 1948 and led it for more than 40 years until his death in 1994. He’s also Kim Jong Un’s grandfather.
Typically, Kim pays a visit along with other Workers’ Party of Korea leaders to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, where the eldermost Kim lies in state, as does his son, Kim Jong Il, who died in 2011. This year, however, the youngest Kim just sent flowers.
According to state news outlet Korean Central News Agency, “floral baskets were laid in the names of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK and the Cabinet of the DPRK.”

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